Mark Mason
Mark Mason writes, leads walking tours and runs team-building sessions revolving around magic tricks. He tweets at @WalkTheLinesLDN
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
It’s no Globe
The Dream Factory: London’s First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare by Daniel Swift
Your front-room friend
Whatever the teething troubles, wireless was a miracle that brought people together
Here be flagons
The temperance campaigners realised that a picture can achieve more than a thousand words of argument
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
