Why braindead filth like Love Island is such a breath of fresh air
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The Bank of England is enslaved by green groupthink
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Sky Atlantic’s Riviera is fine if all you want is the TV equivalent of a computer screensaver
‘Riviera is the new Night Manager,’ I read somewhere. No, it’s not. Riviera (Sky Atlantic, Thursday) is the new Eldorado…
I hate to say it, but I can’t blame the millennials who voted for Corbyn
On the morning after the election I was drinking coffee with one of my heroes, Sir Roger Scruton. We talked…
Hippies gave us wonderful things, but they left an evil legacy too
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Do penises cause climate change? Discuss
‘Why not think about Gender Studies?’ asked an advertorial aimed at prospective students in the newspaper I was reading. Actually,…
In rock 'n' roll you need an accountant more than talent
Birds have been giving me a lot of grief of late. There’s Tappy — the blue tit who has built…
Theresa May is dead right to want to rescind the fox-hunting ban
Though I don’t think much of Theresa May’s paternalistic soft-left politics, I do like her no-nonsense style. That Q&A she…
This isn’t drama as most of us understand it: American Gods reviewed
Since completing season two of the brilliant Narcos, I’ve been unsuccessfully looking for a replacement serial drama that is more…
Jamie Oliver’s Lucozade meddling has stolen my childhood
Whenever I want to travel back in time to my 1970s childhood, all I need is a glass of Lucozade.…
However much you may loathe the fakery of reality TV, you cannot but admire the editing
The other day I had a very dispiriting conversation with a TV industry insider. It turns out that everything you…
Is Donald Trump’s revolution already over?
There were three reasons why I so badly wanted Donald Trump to win the US presidential election. One was that…
Self-flagellatory pornography designed for white liberal pillocks: Guerrilla reviewed
‘What we really need is a faux-historical drama series about police brutality and black activism set in 1970s London,’ said…
Britain’s most hated man isn’t all that hateful
‘Christ, I would be shot for buying this if people knew,’ says an anonymous fan in the comments below Amazon’s…
Jack Whitehall does Waugh proud: BBC1's Decline and Fall reviewed
Jack Whitehall could have been perfectly awful as Paul Pennyfeather in Decline and Fall (BBC1, Fridays). He has spent most…
For a real Oxbridge education, you now have to go to Durham
‘Should I just have done with it and tell them they’re a bunch of tossers?’ I was on my way…
Where’s the due diligence on renewables?
The madness of climate change ideology is crippling Australia
What would we do without nutcases like Steve Backshall
Down the Mighty River with Steve Backshall (BBC2) was perfect Sunday-night TV — one of the most enjoyable adventure travelogues…
A slashed seat? How terribly oiky
My school trip, by James Delingpole
‘Cash for ash’ is just one green scam among way too many
Toffs are like jackals: always quick to sniff out new carrion. I remember a few years back one florid aristo…
How refreshing to find the BBC doing its job instead of handwringing about Islamophobia
Here’s the bad news. One day you or someone like you will be shopping in a mall or enjoying a…
The great diesel disaster shows how badly wrong-headed environmentalism can harm the planet
Who do you think was responsible for Europe’s biggest environmental disaster of the past three decades; one that caused more…
Why am I drawn to things that could kill me?
Recently on holiday I did a very bad thing. I nearly left the Fawn to die on a precipitous mountain…
Poor Boy. He’s going to end up just like me
Boy is planning his gap year. Every few hours he rings from school to give me a progress report. ‘I’m…
Would Britain have become half so great without George III?
Before he died aged 44 (probably of a pulmonary embolism, poor chap), Frederick, Prince of Wales, compiled a list of…
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