Culture Wars
Hate-crime Britain and its echoes of Stalin
WITH the growing possibility of people in Britain being imprisoned for their political, moral or…
In praise of doubt – The Conservative Woman
PHILOSOPHER John Gray says we are in an era of ‘illiberal liberalism’ characterised by a growing…
Post Office scandal, covid and climate change – the…
LIKE many others, I have been gripped by the TV serialisation of the Post Office scandal and…
Don’t try to improve us, just entertain us
THE 1970s version of Death on the Nile is one of my favourite comfort films. There is something…
A day in the life, 2046
DAWN Kalenda was taking her 15-year-old daughter Zizzella to school in her electric car. As she…
Why the time was ripe for an authoritarian takeover
WHILE the global pandemic and the climate crisis provide the overarching justifications for an…
Maddening red tape that makes running a charity…
OVER the last twenty-odd years I have been chairman of a charity which gives grants to enable…
Holocaust denial goes mainstream – The…
I WENT to Edinburgh University in 1985. At that time, it was only 40 years since the end of the…
Brave, independent readers – I’m so proud to be one of…
I WROTE some months ago about stupidity and how it was responsible for the behaviour of many people…
Time to think the unthinkable about King Charles III?
AS A committed supporter of the many advantages of living in a country with a well established…
