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Fanning the flames of the firebird
D. H. Lawrence claimed the symbol of rebirth as his birthright
Graceland: collab or colonialism?
Paul Simon fell foul of the anti-apartheid lobby
Remembering my old pal, “Peebs”
Andy Peebles had a broader hinterland than one might expect from a DJ
The schools of hard knocks
Many boys suffered, but some carried their misery into the world of work
This show has said it all before
Not all bad, but the tone is too breezy
Sara Wheeler on art was a winner
By telling her own story, Wheeler caught the ear of thousands like her
World peace and the meaning of life
What equips a podcaster to be a multi-dimensional philosopher king?
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth