Patrick Mercer
Patrick Mercer is a former MP and British Army colonel
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
Military history is set to repeat itself
In a recession-ridden Britain, another European war seemed unthinkable
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands