Why the council tax rise on second homes helps no one
What a surprise. Given the choice of whether or not to double council tax for second home owners from next…
Nuclear: seizing the day for a sustainable tomorrow
In the realm of politics, ideologies often trump the pursuit of pragmatic solutions, even when the facts stare us in…
70 per cent of EV data is made up
Evangelistic EV drivers tell me that as an academic, I should know better. They are unimpressed when I do not…
Farage at 60: there’s more to come
Were I to tell you that the most significant political figure of his age celebrates a landmark birthday this week,…
The alarming rise of the middle-aged terrorist
Police in Paris last week arrested a man suspected of planning an attack against a church. That in itself was…
Martin Lewis is wrong about the ‘energy poll tax’
Given that a fair proportion of the UK public seem to want Martin Lewis to be prime minister, the government…
Easter silence: corporations, councils, and governments bury another Christian festival
Last year, swathes of my local area spent time swaddled in trans flags, rainbow flags, and Welcome to Country messaging.…
Graham Linehan Down Under
Graham Linehan, creator of sitcoms and casualty of trans activism, has finally arrived Down Under. He almost didn’t make it.…
Surviving the wild: the road to Kibera
I found myself in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, planning on making a trip down to Nairobi overland. Some friends had…
Will the Brisbane Olympics leave a legacy or a millstone for the Australian taxpayer?
The rejection by Queensland Premier Steven Miles of his own independent Olympic venue review and its recommendation for a new…
The quandary of being half-Jewish
I was in my early twenties when I found out that I’m half-Jewish. Until then, as far as I was…
What happened to the working class?
The Sunday Times’s headline for the obituary of Edward Bond earlier this month was striking: ‘Briton who rose from a…
Why Spaniards celebrate April Fool’s Day in December
On 28 December 1993, after getting off a flight from Barcelona at Madrid’s Barajas airport, 23 year-old actress Maribel Verdu…
Road House: big dumb fun that takes itself too seriously
The original Road House movie, released in 1989 and starring Patrick Swayze, was an absolute blast. Over-the-top, sexy, and oozing with masculinity, Road…
The gender critical movement fighting against self-ID
With reports in the press about further ‘clashes’ in Melbourne last week between ‘trans’ and ‘anti-trans’ activists, and the self-inflicted…
Alexandra Marshall Live S2E7 with Gary Hardgrave
What is the future of media going to look like in a world of government censorship, hysterical political activism, and…
The King’s reassuring Easter appearance
Most years, the royal family’s attendance at the Easter Mattins service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor is nothing more…
The problem with Netflix’s Three-Body Problem
How many modern Chinese books, TV shows or films do you count among your favourites? Perhaps Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon comes to…
Euthanasia is coming – like it or not
Throughout the short life of the Assisted Dying Bill which failed in the Commons, the ‘faith community’ (a quaint term…
England’s forgotten Easter traditions
If you get up early enough on Easter morning, according to old English folklore, you might be lucky enough to…
We can’t eliminate all risk for children
The classic book The Railway Children contains several episodes that must seem almost incomprehensible to modern children. None perhaps are…
Save our parish priests!
Go to your parish church this Easter, because the clock is ticking for small and rural parishes. Even if the beauty…
Will the ‘Tik Tok Taoiseach’ undo the damage done by Leo Varadkar?
Simon Harris, the anointed successor to the outgoing Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, has quite the in-tray. Harris, who was the…
The enigma of John the Baptist
You’ve seen him in pictures and maybe also on TV. Dressed in rags, eating bugs, shouting angrily at people. You…
All schools are ‘faith-based’ schools
Facts and information can be neutral, but teaching is never neutral. All schools are faith-based schools. Some are more intentional…
