SIMON MATTHEWS on the Empire Trilogy of JG Farrell, and what it tells us about Brexit. Continue reading
Author Archives: Lion & Unicorn
The battle of Jenkins’s heirs
Where is the Independent Group heading? Is it the SDP Mk II? Blair’s Babes? Or David Davis revisited? Continue reading
An experimental plane
Some first thoughts on the Independent Group. Continue reading
Proud to be British
What kind of thing made young people proud of Britain 40 years ago? Continue reading
Calling all cliches: History will judge…
Who knows how history will judge Brexit? These people do… Continue reading
2018 Politician of the Year (living)
Our not so annual gong goes to the female Boris Yeltsin. Continue reading
Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
William Hazlitt explains why learning is no substitute for life. Continue reading
This Is (not) Tomorrow
SIMON MATTHEWS on a new book by Martin Gayford – and how politics killed British art. Continue reading
‘Occasionally toxic’
Who’s responsible for media stories of Labour and antisemitism? Continue reading
‘The best pupil ever’ – Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry MP: a career in 59 quotes. Continue reading
Safe in their hands
Some notes on the NHS and Labour governments. Continue reading
‘A randy union chief’ – Len McCluskey
Len McCluskey: a career in 41 quotes. Continue reading
