Country Notes
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
More than just a dog
Patrick Galbraith fears for the health of an old friend
Having a rough time
If hunting is about communing with nature, rough shooting is a superior medium
Hanging my head with pride
There is immense beauty in deer in the field, venison on the plate, and deer heads on the wall
The lost world, and lives, of the countryside
Through losing ground and regulation of wildfowl, their world will change
Farmers need to get their own fields in order
Nobody likes a whinger
How to do conservation on the cheap
There is much to be achieved by tinkering at the edges
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
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