Rural England
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Rural revolt
British farmers are growing increasingly disillusioned with politics and politicians
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam