Electric cars
The EV delusion
Huge economic and infrastructure challenges must be overcome if electric vehicles are to become anything more than toys for middle class drivers
Green gift for China
Failing climate policies create international discord that benefits no one but China
Should I buy a horse?
My desire to stay green is leading me to the bridleway of despair
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
Gregory Snaith: Little Magazine Editor
Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
