David Selbourne
David Selbourne is the author of The Principle of Duty, The Spirit of the Age and The Losing Battle with Islam. His latest work, The Free Society in Crisis: A History of Our Times, was published in the United States in 2019 by Prometheus Books
The decline of the quality press
Frequent hyperbole means the media would struggle to describe a genuine disaster
A descent into chaos
What does the future hold beyond Brexit and Covid?
The spy who came in from the coast
Defector Natalie Elphicke leaves the Circus to join the pinkos
The end of “Anglo-Saxon”?
The rebranding of Anglo-Saxon England is senseless and silly
Hand to mouth
Delicacy, of unknown origins, makes us reluctant to pull plums with our thumbs
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
PMQs of the Apes
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
Reasons to be cheerful
Ten things that are wonderful about British racing
Merchants of the Venice Biennale
For all its pretentiousness, the Venice Biennale still hints towards higher truths
The EU is coming for “hate speech”
The European Commission is considering including “hate speech” in a list of serious bloc-wide crimes
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes