The problem with the Celtic Fringe
Devolution has proved to be a disastrous mistake
Running the rule over ages of empire
A quietly devastating rebuttal to the cruder anti-imperialist critiques of our superficially revolutionary times
Man and myth
This well-researched book deserves attention for those who wish to peer beyond the carefully cultivated image of Josip Broz Tito
Portugal’s bookish dictator
At least in the eyes of his supporters, António de Oliveira Salazar succeeded in making Portugal great again
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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
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another