Arise ye unwoke from your slumbers
Our tolerance of intolerance must end. It’s time to reclaim the sanity of both public and private spaces with a counter-revolution
Against all odds
'When the whole nation is taking a huge punt on whether (or how) to leave the EU, a gambler’s memoirs are timely'
A conspiracy unmasked
Despite having no instinct for organisation and never using the jargon of modern business management, Margaret Thatcher had extraordinary political instincts. These are a
Contributors
Ross Babbage served for 16 years in Australian government positions. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
A reckoning for justice
Thomas Grant's "Court Number One" reveals the changing values of the society which the criminal justice system ultimately exists to enforce
Charlie Chaplin à la Française
Louis de Funès may be France’s most beloved actor. The choice tells us a lot about those who love him
An island that has forgotten the art of the backroom deal
‘Since the referendum, the attitude of the Irish government to the result—contemptuous, disbelieving, disrespectful—has grated. Leo Varadkar, a conformist individual, was in office at
Cast off the shackles of Empire victimhood
Blaming modern woes on past empires stokes infantilisation—condescension is colonialism’s last legacy. I’m proud of my CBE