BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN In the still air of a rainy November morning, the weight of history felt too heavy for some: Raindrops slid fast down my window like their ‘liberal’ tears but I thought not of their howling. Instead I thought of those who spoke against silence. Those who dreamt of change. Those who fought and died for our freedoms, paving the way for crucial … Continue reading Power of the People
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Hurtling down Haldon Hill near Exeter, I noticed the cars swerving in the lane in which I was driving. As I reached the bottom of the great slope, I saw why they were swerving. A white dove stood there on the tarmac next to the splattered corpse of its mate. I hooted. The bird did not seem to care for the danger … Continue reading The Doves
BY JOHN MUSGRAVE ‘Eh, Yohnnie, you know the British Embassy in Tel Aviv has advised you must to leave,’ said Tamir, down at the fish farm. I’d been working there since January 1891. ‘Ha staphon,’ (the north) he said, nodding towards Lebanon. We were tugging at a fish net so huge it might once have seen service on a tennis court. Columns of tanks droned as they … Continue reading Gone Fishing
BY SEAN WALSH “A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes” – Ludwig Wittgenstein. * “Man is the only animal that laughs…for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they ought to be” – William Hazlitt. We have been told that it would be unfair to take any pleasure in … Continue reading Why The Left Hates Laughter
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Imagine a Conservative Party that learns to recruit well and appeals to Brits across the political spectrum. A party that truly embodies the principles of limited government and free-market economics, driving a resurgent Britain towards prosperity. This party would champion personal responsibility, self-reliance, and enterprise, recognising that the state must step aside for individuals and businesses to thrive. By cutting bureaucratic red … Continue reading Imagine a Conservative Party
BY EFFIE DEANS You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone I remember growing up and being told that we had fought the two world wars to protect our freedom and that the difference between us and Russia during the Cold War was that we had freedom, and they did not. It turns out that I was duped and that it was all just … Continue reading On Liberty Lost
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Come rain or shine, I take a long stroll each morning before breakfast along the same network of country paths. The dogs enjoy a good wander and a swim, and I relish returning home for a well-deserved cup of tea. In the spring and summer, the walk can be spectacular as the sun rises and the Devon skies unfold their breathtaking beauty … Continue reading The Individual
BY JOHN DREWRY The anger, sense of injustice and total mistrust of anything a politician says is now manifesting itself dangerously across the nation. Perhaps the way to earth the bubbling rebellion is to come out with some policies which make sense to a cynical population. It is easy to select ten issues of burning concern to a large majority of people, across effectively all … Continue reading Is it Time for the Luddite Party?
BY NIALL McCRAE Hardly a week goes by without the powers-that-be or commentators in the servile mainstream media warning us of the ‘forces of hate’. Any challenge to the official narrative is cast as extreme, with slurs of ‘conspiracy theorist’ or ‘far right’. Hate, according to our progressive leaders, is a disposition of traditionally privileged groups striving to keep minorities in check, thereby ‘punching down’. … Continue reading ‘Hate’
BY SEAN WALSH “When people feel at home, they allow themselves freedoms, hobbies and eccentricities.” – Sir Roger Scruton Occasionally, the broiling cesspit that is social media stills itself for just long enough to reveal a gem. Here’s an example, a tribute to the conservative academic Michael Oakeshott, posted on Twitter by the philosopher Ferenc Horcher: Oakeshott’s style was enchanting. Here was a man … Continue reading Why conservatives Should Prize Eccentricity
BY PETER HARRIS Rightly do D-Day and the Normandy beach landings grip the imagination. Its scale was immense: it was the largest seaborne invasion in history involving thousands of boats, ships and aircraft and around 160,000 troops from the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. (If I have left out any nation, please correct … Continue reading Blood Spattered Sceptre
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN My great-grandfather was completely deaf (or pretended to be so), yet he managed to help keep the Conservatives in power for many years, despite a brief interlude under Ramsay MacDonald. His daughter, my grandmother, was also profoundly deaf. In her later years, she walked around with a portable microphone linked to her hearing aids, which she innocently placed in the middle of … Continue reading Embracing Deafness
BY JOHN DREWRY Looking back to the cataclysmic events in late 2024/25, it becomes obvious what happened. But then it’s easier to rewrite history than to comprehend it as it unfolds. Yet, ‘the moving pen writes’ and as I write this, I am already rewriting history. I’m inevitably building a picture different to the real one, because I have to start from somewhere, and as … Continue reading The Day the Circus Came to Town (FULL VERSION)
BY STEWART SLATER I have known Bernie Gunther for about 15 years and, although our contact has been sporadic, I know him well. I know about his job, and his troubles with colleagues and superiors. I know many of the women who have entered his life, and I know they have all left it again. I know about his travels. I know whom he hates. … Continue reading A Particular Type of Sadness
BY JOHN DREWRY Looking back to the cataclysmic events in late 2024/25, it becomes obvious what happened. But then it’s easier to rewrite history than to comprehend it as it unfolds. Yet, ‘the moving pen writes’ and as I write this, I am already rewriting history. I’m inevitably building a picture different to the real one, because I have to start from somewhere, and as … Continue reading The Day the Circus Came to Town
BY JOE NUTT October 7th changed my life. I know this, like I know water is wet and dogs deserve better than us. I cannot live the same life I led before I witnessed anti-Semitic glee and hatred on the streets of Westminster with my own eyes. Growing up in the immediate televisual aftermath of a world war, my world view encompassed both the black … Continue reading Even Dogs Have Consciences
BY MICHAEL HURLEY One of the unexpected gifts of ageing is time. Just when I have so much less of it, I seem to have so much more of it. Time to think. Time to relax. Time to pray. One of the best uses of my leisure, since I jilted that jealous mistress known as the practice of law, has been reading. I revel in … Continue reading Dostoevsky’s Dream
BY KENNETH SEAKENS By chance I came across Einstein’s Rules for Life which are well worth repeating and considering. They are reproduced below: Rule #1: Expend your efforts on the things that matter. Rule #2: Do things you love, even if you’re terrible at them. Rule #3: Have a puzzle mindset. Rule #4: Think deeply, both long and hard, about the things that truly fascinate … Continue reading Rules for Life
BY STEWART SLATER The Zuangzhi (or The Book of Chuang Tzu if you still call Beijing, Peking) is not found on many Western nightstands. Which is a pity. For, the second great work of Daoism (Taoism if you prefer), and the first to be written by a historical human being, is a wonderful book, full of stories, fables and metaphors designed to illuminate but not … Continue reading Too Many Great Men
BY DANIEL JUPP The reason why it is pointless for someone such as I to engage in debate with a woke person is because I am already defined as guilty by their worldview, and as a person to be dismissed without listening to. I am to be met with laughter. All of my views are to be met with laughter. If I advance my views … Continue reading Woke is a Joke
