Confessions of the new Grub Street
The money is bad, the hours long and the white wine copious and cheap
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Blue de grâce?
The next election could spell doom for the Conservative Party
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
