The Promised Land
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival