David Profumo
David Profumo is a columnist for Country Life. His memoir, The Lightning Thread: Fishological Moments and the Pursuit of Paradise, has recently been issued in paperback by Scribner.
A bird-lover’s lament
Patrick Galbraith’s debut offers a quirkily enjoyable journey through a netherworldly Britain
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Centre for a vassal state
Why is a think tank dedicated to “Inclusive Trade” trying to tie the UK to EU imports?
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure