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
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Tax hikes? Take a hike
Andy Burnham must get a grip on spending rather than squeezing the taxpayer
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting