Adrian Lester
A straightforward triumph
Mary Page Marlowe is a subtle, elliptical and affecting piece of work. Cyrano de Bergerac is straightforwardly a triumph
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
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 rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Botox, bodies and bogus feminism
What Planned Parenthood’s turn to Botox tells us about feminism today
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all