The Glories of the Pub
June 2, 2026
In towns and cities up and down the country, pubs are increasingly a refuge from the ‘vibrant’ newly installed communities that stalk the streets. They
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The Social Contract
May 29, 2026
Neither of my parents were exactly space buffs but if, back in the heady days of Armstrong and co., you had asked them when their
Work Is a Four-Letter Word
May 28, 2026
As regular readers will know, last year I was dismissed from my job in media by sad little ideologues, and proceeded to life on the dole, with a
Eulogy for the Lost Plot
May 26, 2026
In the grand, screaming history of bad-faith complaints, a new artefact has been unearthed. Behold, the digital Rosetta Stone of our era’s intellectual rot: a
Monkeypox Copies the COVID-19 Playbook
May 25, 2026
For the public health sceptic, monkeypox is the gift that keeps on giving. Hot off the press is a case that has rocked the worlds
The Nose Knows
May 24, 2026
Being a Homeric hero was, my tutor once opined, quite a sweet deal. Few of them actually die in battle, but they get huge amounts
A Tale of Two Deaths: Sainthood for George, Silence for Henry
May 23, 2026
In the summer of 2020, the world fixated on a single phrase: “I can’t breathe.” George Floyd, pinned beneath a Minneapolis police officer’s knee for
When “White Racism” Trumps Non-White Murder
May 22, 2026
The latest death On 3rd December last year, 18-year-old Henry Nowak, a first-year student at the University of Southampton, was stabbed four times by his
Let’s Hear It for Great British Eccentrics
May 21, 2026
One of the things the Establishment hates is individualism. They get unhappy when you don’t toe the line on, say, voting to remain in the