John Slinger
Slingers and arrows
One man decided to hold the pass
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation.
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
The truth about Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was actually a black woman
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Starmer’s union trap
Labour has handed power back to the unions, and is now discovering the cost of obedience
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus