Lines from The Shire
To write poetry was one of Tolkien’s first ambitions
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”