Flashman
Rogue male
Scoundrel, liar, cheat and toady, George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman is a creation of genius and a bracing antidote to our timid age
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Marriage matters
We have to fix the foundations of the family
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
The menace of camouflage
There’s something dark about the spread of sartorial concealment to civilians
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Why the Democrats cannot be populists
It goes against the managerial nature of the party
Explaining the Boriswave
How and why the Conservatives betrayed their voters on immigration
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
