J. S. Barnes
J. S. Barnes is the Author of Dracula’s Child (Titan) and can be found on twitter at: @jbarneswriter .
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Thinly-veiled but enjoyable nonsense
Donald Trump should write a novel to at least give him the chance to deliver a bit of payback for this release by Hillary Clinton
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?