Austin Mitchell
Austin Mitchell: Always independent
The former Grimsby MP who championed Brexit long before it was popular
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
Gyles Brandreth’s bon mots
An obsession with linguistic and historical marginalia has infected British culture
Defund the tone police
The tutting and muttering of Tory wets should be ignored
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Living in the Eighties
An exhibition of photos from a pivotal decade interests and exhausts
