Richard Askwith
Richard Askwith is the author of Feet in the Clouds: A Tale of Fell-running and Obsession (Aurum). He tweets at @richardaskwith
Striving for peak perseverance
Energetic oddballs asked if the limits of the possible had really been reached
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
Two cafes, both alike …
Our correspondent investigates the north London front of the Israel-Palestine conflict
