Queen Elizabeth
Make a spectacle of oneself
Don’t skimp on the coronation; the monarchy is a drama that speaks to all our hearts
Why Germany mourned our British queen
While few Germans lament the loss of their own emperors and kings, they admire the British idea of monarchy
Saints and sinners
The dotty suggestion the Queen be canonised is an expression of a hope she will not be forgotten
Remembrance of a forgotten nation
Reminders of our country’s shared past
A modern way of mourning
Ukrainians face slaughter and subjugation. Church leaders must back them unequivocally
Painting Queen Elizabeth
The painted surface of monarchy is everything
Love and remembrance
The funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Royal pomp and circumstance
What is it for?
The day after
Mourning that befits her memory
Franz Schubert: String quintet/Quartettsatz (Chandos)
Intimations of life’s fragility
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
Dr Whitehall
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the Blob
The Cass Review is not the end
Gender ideologues are not going to give up in the face of facts
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
