Jonathan Welch
Jonathan Welch is a lawyer, living and working in London.
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
Something in the Bath water
Liberal Democrats are ruining a beautiful city with pointless regulations and Remainer spite
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
Should we love the British economy we have?
As another UK steel mill closes, Stephen Bush’s plea for a white collar love-in felt ill-timed
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld