Matthew Elliott
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
How did Conservative modernisation go?
David Cameron’s “A-List” has turned out to be second-rate
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
The Foreign Office should be rooted in the past
Who and what is it for, if not the British people, and our history and culture?
Parliamentary sovereignty (extreme edition)
Rwanda is safe. How do we know? Because we said so.
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose