rejection letters
Good God, I can’t publish this…
The ancient art of the literary rejection
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair