Squalid optimist
The PM’s mendacity about the sunlit uplands of New Model Britain is psychotic
Welcome waste land
The marshes, creeks, hulks and hidden beaches of the Thames estuary are thrilling
Games people play
Why team spirit leaves me cold
Good companions
Brigitte Macron agitated to be granted the title of Première Dame, hoping to emulate not Yvonne de Gaulle but Jackie Kennedy
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers