English Culture
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Why Essex is Britain’s most right-wing county
Essex is both traditionalist and highly entrepreneurial
Lessons for restoration from the Wiltshire wilderness
We must reacquiant ourselves with the spirit of English history
Farewell to a cricket legend
Harold “Dickie” Bird lived with infectious enthusiasm
The lion roars
There were grounds for optimism about the future of England in Westminster this week
Why the Venerable Bede should be England’s patron saint
He did much to form our culture, unlike the elusive St George
English Heritage contra English heritage?
A noble institution should not compromise its mission for the sake of modish inclusivity
Bring back the song-and-dance men
The brilliance of an overlooked generation of 18th century English music makers
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age