On Television
She’s not the messiah…
Watching Greta Thunberg and the hysterical devotion she arouses, I am reminded of Judaism’s best-known self-styled redeemer
Manners maketh answers
Rudeness does not make for good television
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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.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again