Pageantry
Ritual, not pageantry
Understanding the Coronation
In praise of pomp and pageantry
We must not have a stripped-down coronation
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Just a Prime Minister
Keir Starmer only seems to have one answer to his critics
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era