John Scriven
John Scriven is author of Beyond the Odds, to be published on 8th November 2021, which explores the theme of providence in Britain’s wars of the 20th century.
Did prayer decide the Battle of Goose Green?
The expedition to take back the Falkland Islands was riskier than we might think
Invisible hand
Did peace prevail in the World Wars thanks to providential deliverance, or just a number of very fortunate occurrences?
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism