British History
Coronation in high definition
Confronting the mysteries of a sacred institution
We need more More
Britain should remember a great neglected voice
Ritual, not pageantry
Understanding the Coronation
Steam powering progress
How Victorian railways were the engine of modern technologies
Crowning moment
The Coronation is more than a magnificent piece of theatre
We can’t Retvrn to tradition
Sorry, trads and tradwives, modvrnity is here to stay
The Revolution’s shadow
How did conflict affect British politics?
Getting school history wrong
The myth of British educational parochialism
A race to the bottom
“Decolonisation” ideology distorts and condescends
Colonial expansion and industrial development
Did Britain’s 18th century colonies spur the Industrial Revolution?
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
The Age of Twee
Line up and clap for the NHS, wankpuffin
