Atomic Brinkmanship
BY PAUL T HORGAN In retrospect, the American bombing of Uranium enrichment plants in darkest Iran was obvious. There was a central fact that was deliberately ignored or played down by commentators for years. No one in the mainstream media, or indeed in the political bubbles, has actually explored what “enrichment” actually is. Unless a person was familiar with how an atomic bomb works, the … Continue reading Atomic Brinkmanship
Gay Shame
BY GARY McGHEE – THE RISE OF GENDER IDEOLOGY AND THE NEW HOMOPHOBIA – By Gareth Roberts Oh, what—another book about the excesses of Gender Ideology and the ridiculousness of the Trans Lobby, I initially thought? Lots of commentators, me included (with an article I wrote for Country Squire magazine called ‘The Queer Is Dead’), have been banging on about this. However, there are several things that are great about Gareth’s … Continue reading Gay Shame
Reforming Schooling
BY JOE NUTT When Bridget Phillipson’s excruciatingly embarrassing Reign of Error comes to its inevitably ignominious end, all those seriously and professionally involved in thinking about policy relating to schools in the UK, need to grasp the opportunity her failure has dramatically exposed. She will have left a bomb site behind her. Her only achievement has been to dramatically confirm the reality that schools are … Continue reading Reforming Schooling
A Prayer for Our Souls
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that Your families are healthy and enjoying the long summer days in the sunshine. This week let us pray a heartfelt prayer for the nourishment and peace of our souls: Heavenly Father,Merciful and Loving God,We come before You with humble hearts,Seeking Your grace and light for our souls.Wash us clean of … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Souls
The Milkman
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN There is a photograph, yellowed at the edges, tucked away in the archives of the Imperial War Museum. It shows a milkman picking his way through the rubble of a London street in 1940, whistling, his delivery bottles clinking as if it were just another Tuesday. No helmet. No hysterics. Not even a raised eyebrow at the smouldering crater where Mrs Higginbotham’s … Continue reading The Milkman
Continuism
BY ROGER WATSON A Philosophy of Preservation in a World Obsessed with Change Karl Marx’s famous declaration—inscribed on his tomb and drawn from his Theses on Feuerbach—reads: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” Yet this call to action, once revolutionary, may have outlived its usefulness. In its place, Continuism, an emerging philosophy, offers a … Continue reading Continuism
War-gaming Iran
BY PAUL T HORGAN The analogy isn’t precise, but seems similar. Consider the origins of the Great War. Serbian fanatics in Bosnia, a province administered by Austria-Hungary since 1878 and annexed in 1908, assassinate the heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown. There is a tenuous link between the fanatics and the Serbian Kingdom. Austria-Hungary is given a ‘blank cheque’ by Imperial Germany to crush Serbia in … Continue reading War-gaming Iran
Ideology of Decomposition
BY ALEX STORY The country is decomposing, as a fish rots, from its head. Our demise is a function of the ideas that permeate our institutions. These are Fabian ideas. Half the Labour Parliamentary Party and the current cabinet are affiliated to that sinister organisation, with 140 fresh ones having been elected in July 2024. The Fabians are a broad alliance of Leftists ‘writ’ … Continue reading Ideology of Decomposition
BRICS: The Delusion Bloc
BY RAKESH PATEL The grand illusion of BRICS – that Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa could stand together as equals, forging a new world order beyond the grasp of Western hegemony – was always more wishful thinking than sober reality. From the beginning, the alliance was a patchwork of competing interests, bound not by shared ideals but by a mutual, if temporary, resentment … Continue reading BRICS: The Delusion Bloc
A Father’s Day Prayer
VICAR On this day of gratitude and love, we turn our hearts to fathers—steadfast guides, quiet heroes, and bearers of wisdom. Whether by blood or by bond, fathers shape our lives with strength and tenderness, teaching us through word and deed what it means to walk with courage and kindness. Today, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, let us pause to honor these men, to celebrate … Continue reading A Father’s Day Prayer
The Next Evolution
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN From Barbarism to Empathy: Why Future Generations Will Judge Our Cruelty Across the world exist rare couples who communicate not only through words but through something deeper—a current that hums beneath the skin, making oceans between them feel like illusions. When one thinks of the other, the other feels it as warmth flaring behind the ribs, the heart pressing against its cage … Continue reading The Next Evolution
Did Sussex Smugglers Inspire the US Constitution?
BY NIALL McCRAE & SLOBODAN ANTONIJEVIC High taxes levied to fund war, leading to hundreds of thousands of dead conscripts and a shattered economy: since the birth of nations, this pattern has repeated. Sometimes the ordinary people resist, through individual or collective tax avoidance. In the eighteenth century, as the British government waged costly wars with America and France, ruinous duties on imports and exports … Continue reading Did Sussex Smugglers Inspire the US Constitution?
Mission Impossible, Impossible
BY ROGER WATSON So many things were impossible about Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning. I found it impossible to stay awake for the first hour, resulting in many digs in the rib from my wife. But, as if to prove my point, she nodded off too. Even when I was awake, I found it impossible to work out what was going on or why. … Continue reading Mission Impossible, Impossible
The Great ‘Elk’ Swindle
BY BERT BURNETT Rewilding or Revenue-Chasing? The rewilding lobby has done it again. In their latest bout of ecological romanticism, the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Wildlife Trusts have secured £15,000 to “study” the feasibility of reintroducing elk—or, more accurately, what Europeans insist on calling elk but which the rest of the world knows as moose (Alces alces). This is not conservation; it is a circus act, … Continue reading The Great ‘Elk’ Swindle
Kenyan Anti-Hunting Versus Hunting
BY JOHN NASH In another recent podcast from the excellent Blood Origins, host and hunter Robbie Kröger sat down for a chat with Fiona Tande, an environmental journalist from Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss hunting and trophy hunting in particular. Once again, it is was a pleasant exchange without rude shouting and it makes for good listening. From the start, it became clear that, although Fiona … Continue reading Kenyan Anti-Hunting Versus Hunting
The Slow Death of Britain?
BY FRANK HAVILAND The furore raised by Professor Matt Goodwin’s latest research – that White Brits will become a minority in the UK by 2063 – is somewhat unjustified. This is neither a knock on Goodwin personally (I like what I’ve seen of him, for what it’s worth), nor his conclusions. It’s merely the fact that such information has been in the public domain for at least … Continue reading The Slow Death of Britain?
The March Through
BY ALEX STORY The Fabians’ march through institutions in politics is the equivalent of woodworm tunnelling through oak in nature. When the host is fully “permeated”, its rotting carcass disintegrates. The degeneration process in the United Kingdom, and much of the Western World, is now too obvious to hide. For instance, our police force, once seen as the keepers of the peace in cooperation with … Continue reading The March Through
The Tragic Cleverness of Lord Sumption
BY SEAN WALSH The amusingly Dickensian Lord Sumption, doubtless still writing that final ruling on the perduring Chancery matter of Jarndyce vs Jarndyce, has temporarily removed his wig in favour of a clerical collar, to better sermonise on the state’s treatment of Lucy Connolly. “I shall not waste any sympathy on Mrs Connolly” he reassured us last week, as if “sympathy” were some auditable or … Continue reading The Tragic Cleverness of Lord Sumption
A Prayer for Our Pets
VICAR As we cherish the creatures who share our homes and hearts, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, let us turn our thoughts to the loyal companions who bring joy, comfort, and unconditional love into our lives. These are the paws that greet us at the door, the gentle purrs that soothe our worries, and the spirited barks that remind us of life’s simple pleasures. Let … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Pets
Heretic
BY ROGER WATSON I briefly owned a copy of The Book of Mormon which reached me in extraordinary circumstances a few years ago while checking into the Hamilton hotel in Washington DC. “There’s a parcel for you Mr Watson”, I was told and a package containing a copy of The Book of Mormon was handed to me. A Facebook friend, and Mormon, had asked where … Continue reading Heretic