James Bembridge
James Bembridge is Deputy Editor of Country Squire. He tweets at @TheBembridge
Leader of the year™
Might match-fixing explain Kemi Badenoch’s questions at PMQs?
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics