Fred Sculthorp
Fred Sculthorp is an occasional writer. He tweets at @skulthorp
The return to Kharkiv
As refugees come home, they have found their city changed forever
Twitter 2.0 and the revolt of the public
Martin Gurri predicted Musk’s populism
The rites of Spring
The pandemic’s chief fact checker is failing to grasp the realities of the post-covid era
The BBC has a “poor people” problem
The broadcaster is obsessed with trying to reach an audience it doesn’t understand
Against the consultancy blob
Why are we still listening to the behavioural insights team?
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
