Chernobyl
The calamitous course of history
Reading Doom might not save us, but it leaves us with a better appreciation of the complex politics of catastrophe
Anatomy of disaster
The psychology of political incompetence is brought out well in Niall Ferguson’s Doom
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it