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countryside

Britain’s Disappearing Countryside

BY CHRISTIAN McKEEFE A recent investigation by the Guardian and its European partners has laid bare a uncomfortable truth about the British countryside: it is disappearing at an alarming rate, with the UK ranking fifth-worst in Europe for the loss of green space to development. For readers of Country Squire Magazine, who cherish the very landscapes now under threat, the findings of this cross-border journalism … Continue reading Britain’s Disappearing Countryside

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Thoughts

Holy Faces

BY SEAN WALSH I couldn’t be what’s known as a political libertarian because the version of freedom assumed doesn’t seem to me to be worth getting excited about. To borrow the language of the Dominican Thomistic theologian Father Servais Pinckaers, I’ll take freedom for excellence over freedom of indifference. I understand that libertarianism isn’t particularly sensitive to that distinction, or many others now I think of it, which is why … Continue reading Holy Faces

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War

Blunderissimi

BY PAUL T HORGAN Perhaps it is because it was my teen years, but it seems to me as though the 1970s were the high-point in popular books about wars and militaries, not least because full-colour printing allowed illustrations of the weapons used to be depicted other than in drab monochrome. Certainly WHSmith was packed with these books and the stores were also packed with … Continue reading Blunderissimi

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Games

Mastering the Tong It Game the Best Way on GameZone

BY CSM STAFF WRITER Master the Tong It Game the Best on GameZone with smart strategies, rules, and all online variants for an exciting Filipino card experience. Tongits, a classic Filipino card game, has long been cherished for its fast-paced gameplay and strategic depth. Traditionally enjoyed in social settings across the Philippines, its popularity continues to thrive, especially with the rise of digital platforms like … Continue reading Mastering the Tong It Game the Best Way on GameZone

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Thoughts

Anscombe and that BAFTA Incident

BY SEAN WALSH Before doing the relevant analytical deeper dive let me make two remarks, by way of qualification. First, the condition known as “Tourette’s Syndrome” should not be trivialised, and it’s not my intention to do so here; second, what I suppose we must call “BAFTAgate” (or maybe “f@@@@@g BAFTAgate”, given the subject matter) is the funniest thing to happen at an awards ceremony … Continue reading Anscombe and that BAFTA Incident

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countryside, Farming

Big Farmland Bird Count 

BY NICK PEARCE Farmers and landowners across the UK have been given a last-minute opportunity to take part in the national census of farmland birds, as the organisers extend the deadline due to adverse weather. The Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC), an annual event coordinated by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), will now run until March 1st, 2026. The extension comes after the … Continue reading Big Farmland Bird Count 

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History, Travel

An Ode to Pune

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN The first thing you notice about Pune is that nothing has been erased. I don’t mean this in the sentimental sense—the sort of thing travel writers reach for when they want to make decay sound charming. I mean it literally. Walk from the Kasba Peth police station towards Shaniwar Wada and you pass through three centuries in about four hundred yards. The … Continue reading An Ode to Pune

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Politics

Crimson Tide

BY NIALL MCPHERSON From the Fabian ‘Wolf’ to the Communist Fist, the Left’s Long Romance with Violence In a quiet corner of Lyon, a young man lies dead, his skull fractured by the boots of masked militants. Quentin Deranque, a nationalist student whose only crime was to stand in defence of women exercising their right to peaceful protest, has become the latest offering on the … Continue reading Crimson Tide

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Design

Badges of Distinction

BY NICHOLAS ENGERT I have always been fascinated by symbols, badges and logos. These designs act as a gateway to a sub world of brands, clubs and memberships. They confirm identity and belonging. In the days of beautiful cars – now sadly almost a distant memory – it was not unusual to see a car adorned with enamel badges. These badges indicated memberships of motoring … Continue reading Badges of Distinction

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Civilisation

Are there Nazis in Devizes?

BY SEAN WALSH Like many people, possibly even the majority, I don’t have much time for Nazis. Norm MacDonald said of Hitler that he “didn’t really care for him at all”. I see no reason to disagree with this. There might have been some early years comedic opportunities but these had pretty much run dry by about 1933 and now seem very tired, very “been … Continue reading Are there Nazis in Devizes?

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Anglofuturism

Britain’s Post-Liberal Awakening

BY RICHARD DUWELL-TRUMBELL Over the past two years, something unexpected has happened in Britain. Across architecture, politics, culture, religion, and even the digital sphere, a new seriousness has emerged — a revival of tradition, form, hierarchy, Christian identity, and civilisational ambition. This essay attempts to map the moment. Not nostalgically, but as the first field report of a real intellectual shift. There are moments in … Continue reading Britain’s Post-Liberal Awakening

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Opinion

Animated Atrocities

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN One must, in this digital age, develop a hide as thick as a Hereford bullock’s to withstand the daily onslaught of technological ‘marvels’. The latest abomination to clatter regularly into my inbox, courtesy of some Silicon Valley simpleton who doubtless thinks a wellington is a type of pastry, is the ‘animation’ of old family photographs. Using some devilish algorithm, these grinning ghouls … Continue reading Animated Atrocities

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Opinion

Age of Timorous Bureaucrats

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Look around you. Cast your eye across the sclerotic state of our nation – the rudderless ship of government, the suffocating blanket of nanny-state regulation, the timid hand-wringing in the face of genuine threats, and the sheer, unadulterated dullness of it all. We are governed by managerial technocrats, men and women whose greatest ambition is to navigate a focus group, whose boldest … Continue reading Age of Timorous Bureaucrats

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Politics

The Quivering Delusions of Labour’s Eunuchs

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN They strut through Portcullis House with the preening confidence of minor clerics in a newly-installed theocracy. The air, thick with the scent of over-brewed Fairtrade coffee and the damp wool of second-hand suits, hums with a whispered mantra: “Two terms, at least. Probably three. A realignment. A job for life.” Among them, a particular specimen – let us call him ‘Gavin’ (ex-BBC, never had … Continue reading The Quivering Delusions of Labour’s Eunuchs

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Letters

Labour’s Ideological Dislike of Rural Britain

Dear Sir, I write with a growing sense of dismay, shared by many in our rural communities, at the apparent hostility of the current Labour Government towards the small farm and the family landowner. One is compelled to ask: why does a party in power seem so intent on burdening the very stewards of our countryside with a suffocating blanket of red tape and punitive … Continue reading Labour’s Ideological Dislike of Rural Britain

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Politics

The Perils of Voluntary Voting

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Voluntary Voting Surrendered New York and Threatens Us All One can almost hear the ghost of Theodore Roosevelt, that great Bull Moose of American vigour, spinning in his grave at Oyster Bay. The news from across the Atlantic is not merely disappointing; it is a dire portent, a flashing red light on the dashboard of Western civilisation. New York City—the towering testament … Continue reading The Perils of Voluntary Voting

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