Richard Davenport-Hines
Richard Davenport-Hines is a British historian and literary biographer.
The unmaking of the Athenaeum
The venerable club is being spoiled by ideology
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
