Journaling
Jotting and plotting
Real gardeners need to keep a journal
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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 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
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech