Hector Drummond
Hector Drummond is a novelist, and the author of Days of Wine and Cheese (Vol. I of his campus-based series The Biscuit Factory). He was previously an academic, and now tweets at @hector_drummond
This is what we amputated a limb for
A long-term historical perspective on Covid-19
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
