Anthony Daniels
Official Complaint
Immigration officials may be fearsome but they act as no deterrent against illegal immigrants
Flagging Loyalty
The cross of St George is everywhere, and is a symbol of the militant ugliness of countless English people
Litter Bugged
Ludicrous Health and Safety measures in our schools mean that children are wearing knee-pads to prevent scrapes while they play in litter-strewn playgrounds.
Seat Cheats
The enormous hidden costs of low-cost air travel are symptomatic of a disturbing cultural shift
Soppy Sop
Our justice system suffers from a sentimental preoccupation with legally irrelevant testimony to victims’ personalities
Dear Sir or Madam
Our refusal to address others as ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam’ stems from our ideological revulsion against hierarchy
Raymond Tallis
The philosopher-physician should be praised for swimming against the post-modernist current
The Cap Doesn’t Fit
Why do so many people insist on wearing baseball caps? Is it from a perverse desire to look stupid?
Second Life
Charity shops are now a British peculiarity, but their bookshelves often contain real gems amongst the airport fiction
Shelf Life
Being a shelf-stacker at a supermarket is not a dishonourable occupation, and we should be thankful for those that do it
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal