John Bolton
Pounding to nothing
Patrick Porter reviews The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, by John Bolton
Letter from Washington: Conservatism’s entente discordiale
America’s religious right questions the deals it has cut
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable