J.G. Farrell
A literary pilgrimage to a watery grave
Following in the footsteps of the author J.G. Farrell
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK