David Smith
Spain and me
David Smith on why the years following Franco’s death will always hold a place in his heart
Arafat and me
David Smith on the time he spent with Yasir Arafat, the former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
McCain and Me
David Smith reminisces on his relationship with John McCain
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Women MPs should be representing women’s interests
It was ludicrous to talk about microaggressions in the aftermath of an alkaline attack
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
