Countryside
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
The war of inclusivity against distinctiveness
Is the British countryside too British?
The lost world, and lives, of the countryside
Through losing ground and regulation of wildfowl, their world will change
Conservatives must rediscover conservation
Britain’s natural beauty needs to be defended
Rural revolt
British farmers are growing increasingly disillusioned with politics and politicians
Chris Packham doesn’t understand Grouse shooting
The grouse shooting debate represented a welcome example of logic and common sense
Ruffling feathers
A new book on rural Britain takes flak for listening to the “wrong” people
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan