The Limitations of Wokery
BY GARY MCGHEE There have been a lot of dramas made for TV and film in recent times that have Gay love stories at their centre. They raise important issues about the way these kinds of stories are now presented and what they mean in terms of young Gay identities and lives. I’ve focused on those that I think have much to commend them, but … Continue reading The Limitations of Wokery
Are Tories Scum?
BY EFFIE DEANS There is in Scotland an unreasoning, visceral hatred of Tories. It reached its present level of vehemence in the 1980s when Scots from the Left and Centre united to prevent the Conservative Party winning even a single seat at the General Election of 1997 and only one until 2015. Tories in Scotland are portrayed not merely as being mistaken, but as morally … Continue reading Are Tories Scum?
A Prayer for Serenity
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that you are well. Farmers, your prayers for rain were finally answered! This week I would like to focus on serenity. I know that many of You will be on holiday and so I think that serenity is a good topic for us all to dwell on. What does the Bible say about peace and serenity? … Continue reading A Prayer for Serenity
Ignore the Potty Eco Chuggers
BY JIM WEBSTER One of the joys of farming is that there often isn’t a right way to do it. Two farmers will do the same thing in entirely different ways and both of them seem to work well enough. Some things work on one farm, with its soil types and climates, but don’t work too well on another farm. I know hill sheep farmers … Continue reading Ignore the Potty Eco Chuggers
The Hills and Fields of Eskdale
BY MURRAY F HUNTER Our much-loved Borders landscape is under attack from three directions by forces that someone sitting in an office – never having been to our area – could easily sign off as ticking all the boxes, as if that is the best we could do for the environment and global warming. The first is from wind. As I understand it, with permission, … Continue reading The Hills and Fields of Eskdale
Woke Washing Lard Suckers
BY STEWART SLATER Scrolling mindlessly through Facebook the other day (and is there any other way to consume Mr Zuckerberg’s digital soma?), my diet of friends’ holiday snaps, showing bare skin in increasing degrees of pinkness, was interrupted by a video. Not, as I might expect, of munchkins frolicking on the beach, but about the government’s Rwanda plan. It was, I was informed, a “one-way … Continue reading Woke Washing Lard Suckers
Pullman Pleasures
BY ROGER WATSON My wife and I had not taken a significant journey from Victoria Station for 40 years. On that occasion we were heading to Paris for our honeymoon. We had spent our wedding night at Victoria Square in the home of our good friend Bunny Austin (the best player who never won Wimbledon). While I lagged with our cases, Bunny was keeping my … Continue reading Pullman Pleasures
Red & Green
BY QUENTIN PIGG The attack on Salman Rushdie should be cause for reflection for us all, especially among the censorious Left; a reminder that people are prepared to risk their lives for the freedoms that they too often casually jettison. There has been much talk of ‘solidarity’, ‘freedom’ and ‘tolerance’ in the wake of this most appalling attack, but warm words ring somewhat hollow when … Continue reading Red & Green
Blame the Greens
BY EFFIE DEANS There was no summer of 1976 when I was a child in Scotland. There was no drought. The grass was green. There were no water shortages. But it is hotter now than I ever remember it getting back then. As the temperature in Aberdeenshire approaches the mid-twenties, I find it too hot. My bed is no longer cool, my car needs its … Continue reading Blame the Greens
A Prayer for Peace of Mind
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and enjoying the summer. Those farmers among You who are praying for rain, I hear You. This week I would like to pray for those of You who seek peace of mind and to offer You a prayer that You can use to calm. Pray for peace in your life when You … Continue reading A Prayer for Peace of Mind
The Scouring of the Shires
BY RORY CRANSTOUN In an episode of Chopper’s Politics, I was unfortunately reminded of Boris Johnson’s plan to usher in a so-called ‘green industrial revolution’ in Britain. Obviously another crypto-globalist fever dream poorly wrapped in Conservative paper, the Tory drive towards ‘net-zero’ is nothing more than another example of the all familiar promises to greenify our society. ‘Green’ public transport. ‘Green’ electric vehicles. ‘Green’ buildings; whatever … Continue reading The Scouring of the Shires
The Truth About Lead Shot
BY BRIAN D DUNN Since the 1980’s a growing political attack on lead as used for shooting sports ammunition has been subject to a massive effort across a very wide base of conspirators driven mainly by animal protectionists backed by Mr Blair’s New Labour government and amazingly evidence exists of Country Sports Representative bodies being implicated as contributors towards the campaign to secure a total … Continue reading The Truth About Lead Shot
The Guardian of Propaganda
BY JENS ULRICH HØGH On the 26th of July 2022 The Guardian published a review of a “documentary” called “Lion Spy”. I reacted to the review – which I saw as more of a contribution to a deliberate campaign against hunting than an actual review – by writing The Guardian a letter. It’s been well over a week and I’ve had no reaction from The … Continue reading The Guardian of Propaganda
Sign Creep
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN The drive from Gatwick Airport into the heart of the Surrey villages was a magnificent one. The network of winding country lanes from Charlwood across Dorking and through to the duck pond at Shamley Green were breath-taking on a summer’s day. So stunning that our usual taxi driver, Mr Ford – a driver of Vauxhalls – once told us that he drove … Continue reading Sign Creep
Baileys’ Quoque
BY ROGER WATSON I recently introduced readers to a minority movement, described as ‘virus deniers’. They prefer to describe themselves as ‘virus sceptics’ and quickly enact Godwin’s Law (that eventually all arguments end up with someone being compared to Hitler) when the term ‘denier’ is used. For evidence of this see the comments that greeted another similar piece published in The Daily Sceptic. However, they … Continue reading Baileys’ Quoque
The ‘Devolved’ & ‘Reserved’ Admonishment
BY EFFIE DEANS The United Kingdom has various serious problems at the moment. Some of them are short term primarily caused by our response to Covid, others are more long term. Many of us will struggle to heat our homes or drive our cars, because of long term failures in our energy policy. But the greatest threat to the UK and the greatest long-term problem … Continue reading The ‘Devolved’ & ‘Reserved’ Admonishment
A Prayer for New Opportunities
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that my weekly message finds You well and healthy and that You are enjoying the summer. We may not always be able to see ahead in everything God is doing. We may not always understand His ways or timing, but we can be confident of this: He is at work. Always. It may not seem like … Continue reading A Prayer for New Opportunities
Mexico’s Shameful Circus Animal Bloodbath
BY NIGEL BEAN Please spare a thought for the Mexican trainer Nicky Fuentes Ziccolonee (in the photos below) and her beautiful tigers, most of which are now dead. What follows below, from our Mexican friends, is the story of Mexican Circus animals and what happened after the ill thought out Mexican Circus Animals ban: What happened to the animals of Mexican Circuses after the ban? … Continue reading Mexico’s Shameful Circus Animal Bloodbath
Tolkien Reduced to Woke
BY DANIEL JUPP It’s actually heart-warming to read through the comments on an Amazon Prime ad for their Lord of the Rings (The Rings of Power) series. People are ripping the piss out of it. The ad features what I suppose is meant to be either a wizard or a hobbit, maybe Gandalf, maybe Bilbo’s great grandfather. It’s hard to tell because the actor is … Continue reading Tolkien Reduced to Woke
Trophy Hunting & Britain: The Case for a Ban
BY JOHN NASH A report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Banning Trophy Hunting June 29, 2022: If you wander into a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Banning Trophy Hunting (APPGBTH), you may be forgiven for thinking you have wandered into the Mos Eisley cantina in Star Wars…it is a smug, tinfoil-hat group of cranks and zealots who suffer from a bizarre, … Continue reading Trophy Hunting & Britain: The Case for a Ban