Tolkein
Lines from The Shire
To write poetry was one of Tolkien’s first ambitions
The writings of Lewis and Tolkien embody conservative environmentalism
The Conservative party were once the country party. They could be again. It might even net them some votes
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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
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
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
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive