Conservatism
We need a party for mothers
We must re-centre our politics around the family
Why conservatives should read more fiction
Conservatism can be fun and imaginative as well as insightful
Against esoteric Skinnerism
We should not mistake a big personality for meaningful politics
Spinoza, the true conservative
Spinoza’s earth-bound philosophy is a safeguard against idealism
Populism’s problem
The anti-elitism inherent in working-class, right-wing movements will prove their downfall
The Conservatives must change or die
Kemi Badenoch has had her chance and she has failed
The convivial conservative
The cultivation of conviviality became the golden thread of Western civilisation
Oligarchy is eating Orbanism
Inertia, youth disquiet, and stormy office politics could be the death of Fidesz in government
Get tough, Kemi
The Conservatives will not shake off the burden of their legacy merely by reaffirming their “values”
The British right will not be socially conservative
Like it or loathe it, Brits are liberal
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
The gateway myth
Does one risky lifestyle choice lead to another or are some people just different?
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy