Chardonnay
Chard: an apology
On the rehabilitation of chardonnay
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall