The Simpsons
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
In praise of short shows
Sometimes, enough is enough
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
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
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule