Matthew Walther
Matthew Walther is editor of The Lamp magazine.
The fascist state of Paw Patrol
There is no society or even commerce, just the relentless force of the police
A classic work of unbridled joy
This is the best popular edition ever produced of one of the most amusing books in our language
We need to talk about Sex Education
Relationship and Sex Education classes for children are being taken over by outside providers with their own agenda
The Chronicles of Borisland
A magical land where it is always summer and nobody ever has to resign
The tide has turned on abortion
The overturning of Roe v Wade is an opportunity for the UK to reflect on its own abortion laws
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
Britain has been betrayed
Our country’s fortunes aren’t falling — they were pushed
Fenella Jeavons: Sponsorship Facilitator
Milking the Philistines — someone’s got to do it
I’m done with po-faced politicians
We have long since lost the spirit of 1983
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
BBC butterflies
Trans charity Global Butterflies seems harmless — but are they really cuckoos in the nest?
Trojan charities
Institutional drift leftwards does not have to be inevitable
In defence of the Netflix Persuasion
It is a satire of modern vanities, not a screw-up