Rod Liddle on Brexit: The Great Betrayal reviewed
Rod Liddle has taken a huge gamble with this book. It could be out of date very soon. The book’s…
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Forget the cigar, the homburg and the V-for-victory sign. If Winston Churchill were around today, he’d be pounding the streets…
View ArticleWe all have servants now
A food delivery cycle courier for Deliveroo, operated by Roofoods Ltd., travels in London, U.K., on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. The food delivery business model has proven attractive to venture...
View ArticleThe horrible anxiety of a school trip to Amsterdam
My 1982 photo album is full of pictures of a well-travelled, privileged 11-year-old boy. I was at North Bridge House…
View ArticleThe unique, bittersweet beauty of Irish ruins
The Celtic Tiger has come and gone. Over the past 30 years, billions of pounds poured into Irish houses and…
View ArticleGibraltar, the rock of ages past
How lazy, snobbish and wrong it is to mock Gibraltar for the lager and fish and chips clichés. Yes, you…
View ArticleBritain has become a country of braggarts and show-offs
13th November 1957: A woman throws out her arms to demonstrate the abundance of space that allows her to show off her fashionable new winter overcoat. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)
View ArticleRequiem for the Common Entrance Exam
A solitary schoolboy sits in a classroom supervised by a teacher, as he takes an entrance exam for Manchester Grammar School. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7424 - The Education Money Can't Buy -...
View ArticleThe English clergy at their oddest – a compendium
'Select vestry comforts', 1828. Eight of the select vestry of St Paul's, Covent Garden dining in the vestry room. At the head of the table is the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Dr George Richards,...
View ArticleBritish men shouldn’t go topless in public. Ever
Vanity used to be something to be ashamed of. These days, self-deprecation is for losers
View ArticleAll hail Æthelflæd! The first Brexiteer
This week, Prince Edward was paying tribute to a much-loved Queen. Not ‘Mummy’ — but Queen Æthelflæd, Alfred the Great’s…
View ArticleAsterix and the sheer brilliance of his creators
A sterix, te amamus! For those not lucky enough to learn their Latin from the dazzling René Goscinny and Albert…
View ArticleBack on track
We shouldn’t be so smug about how rundown the Gare du Nord is — dirty, badly planned, with some of…
View ArticleHow to be a tourist in Europe
Florence, italy - October 25, 2015: interiors and architectural details of Santa Trinita church, in Florence, Italy
View ArticleIn London, dinner parties and murder exist side by side
LONDON, DECEMBER 13: Hunting knifes are displayed at a film and television prop company December 13, 2004 in London, England. Families of stabbing victims have called on the government to make carrying...
View ArticleHomer’s Trojan War epic richly deserves its lavish new BBC adaptation
Did the Trojan War really take place? The Foreign Secretary certainly thinks so. ‘The Iliad must have happened,’ Boris Johnson…
View ArticleWhy the sleepy old CoE is just a greedy, moneygrubbing property tycoon
Holy smoke! The sleepy old Church of England is a greedy, money-grubbing property tycoon. This month, it emerged that since…
View ArticleHarry, Meghan and the irresistible rise of the glamocracy
NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Meghan Markle visits Nottingham Contemporary on December 1, 2017 in Nottingham, England. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement on Monday 27th...
View ArticleThe real reason for the fall of Rome? Climate change
The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and sand, it is the largest amphitheatre ever built.
View ArticleEat, pray, learn
My greatest spiritual moment this year came in Eton College Chapel. I was there for Evensong with a friend who’s…
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