Lord of the Rings
Between Middle Earth and the West
130 years from his birth, what can we learn from Tolkien?
Bored of the Rings
Is it time for the Tolkien industry to give it a rest?
Woke of the Rings
The Tolkien society is scanning the author’s work for signs of cishetero amatonormativity
The writings of Lewis and Tolkien embody conservative environmentalism
The Conservative party were once the country party. They could be again. It might even net them some votes
One App to rule them all
Mordor was much better than this
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
