The Queen
How true is The Crown?
The suspicion that it has a partial basis in fact makes the saga splendidly and addictively watchable
Against the useful idiots
Why ‘God Save The Queen’ matters too
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant