Spinal Tap II
The Spinal Tap reunion rocks
As with the original, at its heart this is a story about friendship
They can’t really mean this
The Long Walk is a film for a Trumpian time of delight in random public cruelty
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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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Lessons from the Argentinians
There is little value in complaining about foul play if you cannot win
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand