Old Age
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama