Fort Brecqhou
The ultimate luxury
Clive Aslet says the Barclay brothers were prescient when they built their grand private castle on Brecqhou. Today, true privacy is something only serious money can buy
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
