Artillery Row
For the love of guga
An attempt to ban guga hunting is metropolitan colonialism
No friends at court
Even Mandelson’s legendary luck may have run out
Opposed, for sure, but modernising
Emmanuel Macron’s longer term legacy will not be one of style over substance, but of creating a certain idea of France’s place in the modern world
The view from Zhongnanhai
What Mark Carney saw in Beijing was the inevitability of global communism. Let us pray he is wrong…
Why “The Myth of Mars and Venus” still matters
Deborah Cameron debunked pervasive stereotypes about sex differences
Peter Mandelson must go
His conduct has been shockingly disgraceful
The war of inclusivity against distinctiveness
Is the British countryside too British?
The (too) many deaths of Saint Sebastian
Ming Wong lacks the power and sensuality of his supposed inspirations
Trading blows
EU trade policy faces mixed signals from parliament and new agreements.
A clinical note on Trump Derangement Syndrome
Advice on how to avoid and manage the condition
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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
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom