Helen Carr
Old-fashioned history
Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth Century by Helen Carr
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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
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Spielberg’s ho-hum space chase
Those describing it as a masterpiece cannot have seen Saving Private Ryan or Schindler’s List
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law