How to rig an election, with Nic Cheeseman
2024 is the biggest election year in history. Countries with more than half the world’s population – over four billion…
“Appeasement guarantees war” – Victor Davis Hanson
The most astute social commentators on the present are the people who have the deepest understanding of the past. As…
A real talk, with Zuby
It’s perhaps never been harder to speak the truth than it is in the West today. In fact, many people…
“If another pandemic hits, we will lockdown again” – Jay Bhattacharya
Few people called for sanity as the world lost its collective mind during the COVID pandemic, but Jay Bhattacharya was…
The case for colonialism, with Bruce Gilley
The overwhelming majority of academic articles come and go with little fanfare. There may be the odd admiring nod from…
The sniper bullet of surprise, with Jeffery Deaver
It’s that time of the year when many of us will sit down and write. It could be resolutions. It…
Draining the swamp, with Sebastian Gorka
It’s hard not to see America as a country in decline. Foreign policy attention is stretched, political debate is toxic,…
“Isn’t politics magical” – Tom Switzer
As we approach the end of 2023, it’s easy to become despondent about the fate of the West. War rages…
“Australia was a lab of tyranny” – Naomi Wolf
For over 30 years, Naomi Wolf was lauded as a feminist icon, a bestselling author and a darling of liberal…
The power of satire, with The Babylon Bee’s Joel Berry
Satire is one of the most important ingredients of a healthy public discourse. But it is under threat across the…
It’s Hardcore History, with Dan Carlin
Who was the most influential person in history? Why do empires fall? What is the biggest misconception about WWI? Napoleon…
An honest conversation about colonialism, with Nigel Biggar
Today, colonialism is viewed by many as the original sin of British history. The truth is far more complex. Theologian,…
“London has fallen” – Laurence Fox
For the second time in his life, Laurence Fox is engulfed in a cancellation storm. It has taken a heavy…
Why is this lying bastard lying to me, with Rob Burley
The forensic, long-form political interview remains possibly the best, and certainly the most entertaining, mechanism for political accountability. Can it…
Un-cancelling Graham Linehan
Graham Linehan created some of the most beloved British sitcoms of all-time, including Father Ted, Black Books and The IT…
Off to war, with James Holland
What if Hitler was killed in 1923? Was Germany’s defeat in WWII inevitable? How should we assess Churchill’s legacy? And…
In conversation with Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer is one of the most successful authors of all time. He has been published in 115 countries and…
“This is the medical scandal of the 21st century” – Helen Joyce
Helen Joyce is a journalist, author and feminist campaigner. Her first book, ‘Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality’, was an immediate…
The Saad Truth about Happiness, with Gad Saad
Has western society ever been more unhappy? Deaths of despair are at historically high levels. Antidepressant use is through the…
“The government is the enemy” – Hannah Cox
Capitalism was the driving force behind extraordinary advances in prosperity throughout the 20th century. But isolationist policies, stagnant wages and…
10 questions for Dominic Sandbrook
Who was the greatest-ever military general? What was history’s most disastrous party? Is identity politics ruining the study of history?…
“It doesn’t matter who tells the story, it matters how it’s told” – Helen Dale
It may seem odd to describe a book that was published almost 30 years ago as highly topical. But the…
“Let’s do the best things first” – Bjorn Lomborg
International best-selling author Bjorn Lomborg has spent a career infuriating people by being sensible. He brought much-needed pragmatism to the…
“We emote so much, and yet feel so little” – John Anderson
John Anderson AC is a sixth-generation farmer and grazier from New South Wales, who spent 19 years from 1989 in…
An epistemic avalanche of madness, with Peter Boghossian
One of the most important academic papers of modern times was published in 2017. It was titled, ‘The Conceptual Penis…
