Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
McCarthyism, Cancel Culture and the new woke agenda
J. C. D. Clark reveals how Alan Dershowitz’s book is a nostalgic defence of the ‘American dream’ and of American exceptionalism
Derailing the gravy train
The question of human rights, Christian morals and Western ethics has hitherto been an academic debate; now it is in the public arena
Mapping the Blob
The Long March draws together evidence that we half knew but shied away from
Learning from History
Despite Coronavirus, some things will never change
Why they rebel…
J. C. D. Clark delves into Extinction Rebellion’s new pamphlet in search of something more
The unhappy iconoclast of the Right
J. C. D Clark reviews Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier by D. W. Hayton
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Still-sparkling gems of an annus mirabilis
Tried and tested novels overlooked in our neophilic rush to the new and wanting
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
