When Islamic fundamentalism declared war on the West
It should have been confronted when it first reared its ugly head on English soil, in the burning streets of Bolton and Blackburn.
As the world crumbles around us, turn to art
When great art touches you, it is a profound experience which can help shape your life, and it is often unexplainable.
Editing and illustrating “Sunken Island: An Anthology of British Poetry”
The launch campaign for Sunken Island: An Anthology of British Poetry – The Bournbrook Press’s first book – has begun. Here is some background, from the perspective of the editor-illustrator-designer.
The ‘milestone’ of televising courtrooms is not a public benefit
If restoration of trust is wanted in the criminal justice system, they can start with actually punishing criminals according to the nature of their crime.
Paul Embery on Labour and immigration – part two
We ask Paul Embery: “You’re almost the Last Samurai of the Labour Party, do you ever feel like giving up?”
Our surnames show the skills we’ve lost
Modern society is the process of becoming every day more acutely reliant on someone or something else. This is all well and good until it is not.
Paul Embery on Labour and immigration – part one
“The immigration debate is taking place in bad faith. What the left does is criticise individual policies designed to control immigration without saying, ‘actually the reason we’re doing this is because we believe in open borders’.”
The Tories have nothing to offer but the ghost of Thatcher
There is no reforming the party, in the same way there is no way to lightly renovate a house that has been gutted by fire and has had incendiary bombs dropped on it.