Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons vs Auberon Waugh
How Parsons won a battle of wits
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
