British Politics
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
Political parties should be broad churches, not sects
We should welcome diversity of opinion among MPs
Against immigrationnisme
Some immigration advocates will never accept even the potential validity of opposing arguments
Britain is a multicultural outlier in Europe
Europe’s belated rightwards drift is leaving the British behind
Why conservatism is rational
Conservatives should take pride in the rationality of their reasoning
British politics needs more Dominic Cummingses
You don’t have to like him, but he got things done
The unmaking of the Athenaeum
The venerable club is being spoiled by ideology
One of these books is worth reading …
Their rhetoric is unhinged, yet still they preen
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
