Seymour Silk
Seymour Silk is a writer, and neighbour of Dominic Cummings.
The ecstasy of sanctimony
In defence of Dominic Cummings, by his neighbour
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
What Louis Theroux ignores
Pea-brained influencers make for an easier target than Islamic misogyny
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
A show to make you afraid of the dark
Opera is the repository of everything crass and depraved in what is laughingly called European “civilisation”
The party of retailers
Labour’s drift from its union roots reveals the party no longer knows what — or who — it is for
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
