Power to the pigs and les keufs
France is competing with the UK to be every bit as draconian and liberty-infringing
The meek inherit nothing
Islamism is increasingly held not to be a deviant from Islam, but an orthodox aim of the “religion of peace”
In praise of the Midlands
The Midlands are hurried through, unappreciated on the way to somewhere else
From major to minor
Who’s minor and who’s major reveal the power of collective prejudice
History in the Age of Woke
Macron aims to rewrite history, with Britain not far behind
A plague on lazarettos
Buildings born of plagues do have a life as something other than problematic ruins
Jobsworths home and away
The referee is a blessed form of jobsworth
Don’t mind your language
There is bugger-all to celebrate. So create a rich vocabulary of despondency
Train to nowhere
HS2 represents the guilt of successive central governments about the centralisation they are incapable of correcting
Classless Act
Gavin Stamp believed in what he saw. Roger Scruton saw what he believed in
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
