Fast Track To The Black
A modest proposal for reducing the National Debt
Message in a Bottle
Roger Scruton’s Notes from Underground is a loving portrait of the beauty and desolation of Communist-era Prague Having known Roger Scruton for quite some time, I knew I was in for something
Insider War Trading
Banking and the First World War
Funding Extremism
The government is directing millions of taxpayers money to rogue NGOs dedicated to damaging Israel Addressing Israel’s parliament in March, David Cameron assured his audience that he would be working with the
Wotan’s Trolley
After a request to exchange a shopping trolley in Germany was lost in translation, I now know the eurozone must fail
Poetry in Motion
Judi Dench's embattled M in Skyfall at one point reaches not for a Beretta or one of Q's exploding pens but a few lines of Tennyson. Would the words of Carol Ann
If Only
The Bank of England has for a long time been hanging policy on one economic indicator and hoping for the best
Heavenly Bodies
Murrillo's reputation has fallen in the face of modernist trends. Two new shows have reestablished his genius as a master of the numinous
From Hegel to Hagel
The US's new Secretary of Defence should behave a little less like his Prussian near namesake and avoid hero-worshipping foreign military prowess
First in Line
If the Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to a daughter, she will be first in line to the throne. But why no further changes to primogeniture?