Cultural notes
My answer to China? The Anglosphere. ‘Enough buying from China! Why do we need their stuff? It’s s—t quality anyway.…
Abolish the arts degree (and start again)
In addition to my full-time job as a commercial journalist, I sometimes teach English to high school students, usually in…
Aussie Maggie
It is an irony and paradox that successful conservatism often requires radical solutions. So it was with Margaret Thatcher’s revolution…
Paul Ramsay’s dream should be realised in a private institution
The Australian National University has cut ties with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation (Paul Ramsay’s posthumous project for the…
Populism, prejudice, and what’s left of liberal education
One of the most intellectually disabling of modern prejudices is the idea that you can be free from prejudice. Prejudice…
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Narcissus feels outnumbered
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‘And let’s all try to be a little bit kinder.’
‘Poor Rishi Sunak — he has four houses to worry about.’