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Every so often, American politicians attempt to ban flag burning in the United States. Donald Trump expressed his backing for such a move in 2019,...
In February 2013, Hilary Mantel gave a lecture about our cultural fixations on royal women. The public image of Kate Middleton, she suggested,...
Luke hates Oliver. So Luke quit. Oliver hates Henry. So Oliver quit. Henry likes Carrie. Simone likes Carrie. Carrie loves Dilyn. Dilyn peed on...
Readers who know the city of Oxford will be familiar with Martyrs’ Memorial, the bulky stone memorial which dominates the crossroads at St Giles’....
In centuries to come, children will be told a cautionary tale. There was once a blond and bright-eyed boy, the eldest of four competitive children....
If only they could have seen it coming. Over the past week, two members of Donald Trump’s cabinet resigned. It apparently took a violent assault on...
The worst thing is, I still don’t know your name. It was all such an awkward blur, that day you were kind to me, and ever since I’ve been too...
On 1 December, I had my first taste of socially distanced filming. It was the last night of the latest national lockdown and I was invited to an empty...
If you are lucky, you may never have encountered the world of online communities dedicated to hating women. Most term this the web of “Men’s...
The palaces are up in arms. “Friends of the Prince of Wales” have let it be known that Charles and Camilla are distressed by the depiction of...
In 2009, while living and politically active in the US, I attended a conference for young American conservatives. It was organised by the Federalist...
France and England are tricksy siblings. We’ve had our grumpy moments – don’t mention Le Brexit – and over the past thousand years, like most...
There are some people in life so attuned to an audience, so driven by the urge to perform, that one struggles to imagine who they are when they’re...
There’s a pandemic on. There are fears of a second national lockdown in the UK. The US, politically and literally, is on fire. So why has there also...