Victor Gollanczes
Goodbye to the Blonds
The generation of idiosyncratic proprietors who changed the face of the British book industry
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The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
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She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
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The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Piano pair strike just the right note
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Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low