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Stuff of legends / The surprising truth about old myths

21.12.2024 10

The Spectator

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Stuff of legends / The surprising truth about old myths

18.12.2024 10

The Spectator

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Better believe it / Stuff of legends: the surprising truth about old myths

15.12.2024 10

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The right reason to give back the Elgin marbles

I took my daughter to Athens for a short holiday at half-term. She is studying Ancient Greek at GCSE, which makes me immensely proud as I didn’t...

04.12.2024 30

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Special relationship / Why Britain should actually woo Trump

We went to Skye last year on a family holiday – an amazing island, beautiful scenery, so many great people. Towards the end of our trip we...

11.11.2024 9

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We have no idea how many people are living in Britain

A few years ago, a conspiracy theory was born, based on the idea that the population of Britain was far larger than the government claimed. This was...

09.10.2024 10

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Don almighty / Trump is still the funniest politician of our age

Donald Trump is arguably the most unsuitable candidate of any major western political party in living memory, let alone leader of its most powerful...

24.09.2024 10

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Elon Musk has a point about free speech in Britain

If there is one thing that can be said about Elon Musk, whether you like him or not, he is certainly an argument for the great man theory of history....

12.08.2024 10

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Is Britain falling apart?

My brand is pessimism so I’m wary of flogging it to death or becoming a parody of myself, but it’s hard not to feel a bit downcast about the...

04.08.2024 7

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How bad will a Labour government be?

I’m old enough to remember the sense of optimism, hope and promise felt when Tony Blair was elected back in 1997; not by me, obviously, but I could...

24.05.2024 20

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The plot to erase the Anglo-Saxons

Sea-thieves messenger, deliver back in reply,tell your people this spiteful message,that here stands undaunted an Earl with his band of menwho will...

15.05.2024 30

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Britain isn’t a free country

I’m old enough to remember when ‘it’s a free country’ was a phrase people used in conversation. It feels like it was the kind of thing they...

23.01.2024 50

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The New Theists / Can Christianity meme itself back into existence? 

One of Professor Richard Dawkins’s most influential ideas was the concept of the ‘meme’, which he coined in The Selfish Gene. A meme is an idea...

14.12.2023 40

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The Tories aren’t being honest about foreign marriages

Western liberalism was built on the principle of marrying out. Our beliefs about the freedom of the individual ultimately stem from the Catholic...

10.12.2023 20

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