Gulliver’s travails
Gekoski focuses the protagonist’s nightmarish vilification around the career and writings of Jonathan Swift
Vintage volume: The Story of Wine
The story of wine is a glorious story which illuminates the topics of more conventional histories
Shakespearean lore and order
A new anthology displays Shakespeare’s engagement with the sonnet form across his career, but at a high cost
Vinous Valhalla
David Womersley reveres Roger Scruton on wine
A keen nose and sharp prose
David Womersley reviews Waugh on Wine by Auberon Waugh
Armageddon: a win for social justice
Destroying the planet would be an act of white supremacy — but there are some advantages
More than just a grumpy anti-modernist?
It’s time we appreciated the art of Sir Alfred Munnings
Revitalising the West
Ukraine has rallied the West and yet again shown our civilisation’s limitless capacity for self-renewal
Out with the in-crowd
Barely surving a nightmarish camp
Hard times, hard truths
We must see beyond the myths surrounding the Ukraine crisis
Joe Wright: Auteur of awfulness
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
Since when did Stonewall side with bullies?
The feminist fix: When they push, you push back just as hard
The first post-modern war
The Falklands conflict was no imperialist throwback
The fate of the Moskva
Campaign Diary: The sinking of the decaying Soviet-era warship symbolises Russia’s military malaise
It’s grim up north
Is the Northman alt-right propaganda? Perhaps, but it’s not the only one
Is the Union breaking up?
Nationalist parties have a vested interest in falling short of independence