Nature
Betting on hedges
In nature, everything is connected, and nothing is simple
Open up the land
A few suggestions for increasing countryside engagement
On the bull’s side
To appreciate bullfighting is to admire the bull
Where the wild things aren’t
England’s green and pleasant land has become a cultural battleground
How to hunt properly
A shooting career should start without a gun
On Linden Green
The reverential nature writer
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles