Audi drivers are the new BMW drivers
It used to be that most BMW drivers were arseholes. In fact, it used to be that most of the arseholes on the road were BMW drivers. If there was anyone right up your arse even on a 50 road, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Culture
#MeToo really means ‘I too behaved disgracefully’
The Harvey Weinstein verdict is being spun as a victory for #MeToo, but really, nobody involved comes out of it well. Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment There is no doubt that Weinstein’s behaviour was disgusting and immoral. … Continue reading →
Yorkshire Tea
Loony leftists gonna loon: Yorkshire Tea has urged social media users to “try to be kind” after the popular brand became embroiled in a row involving a leading Tory politician. Chancellor Rishi Sunak posted a picture on Friday of … Continue reading →
The ACLU is dead, long live the new ACLU: the FSU
On the cusp of the Free Speech Union’s launch here’s a really timely interview by Tom Slater at Spiked with Ira Glasser: Glasser, 82, is one of the most important civil-liberties advocates of the past 50 years. He was executive … Continue reading →
Caroline Flack and the CPS
Apparently Caroline Flack’s death is the fault of the CPS: Caroline Flack: Crown Prosecution Service under fire for ‘dogged pursuit’ of TV star over domestic abuse charges I agree that the CPS probably should have dropped the case when the … Continue reading →
Comedy Unleashed review
I travelled to London on Tuesday to visit Comedy Unleashed (at the Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green), as my new mate Toby Young was performing. (This is going to be a name-dropping review, can’t really avoid that, so let’s … Continue reading →
Leftists never learn, part one million
San Francisco has become a giant toilet: Each day, up to 30 people stroll in and openly steal goods, costing him hundreds of dollars. A street cleaner showed me a box filled with used syringes that he had collected, … Continue reading →
She won’t be dating Laurence Fox then
Crop-haired Guardianista has bad blind date with a man who – gasp – may be a Tory. Describe Josh in three words Potential secret Tory As he has agreed to take part in a blind date set up by the … Continue reading →
Historian discovers amazing new facts that nobody ever knew before
Another condescending feminist wants to learn us that our view of Georgian womanhood is all wrong: Sexual favours, swearing and drinking – why everything we think about 19th century women is wrong The imminent adaptation of Emma, starring Anya … Continue reading →
Soweto Kinch’s train story
So that Soweto Kinch jazzer who claimed on Newsnight recently that he had been the victim of racism on the train to the ITV studio has given his account of what happened on Facebook. His story, although rather confusing, sounds … Continue reading →
Slatey McSlateface
Where would the human race be without Slate? Here’s their latest advice column: Dear How to Do It, I (a man) live in a large house along with six brothers, all adults and close to each other in age, … Continue reading →
Nutt job
I hope anyone who’s going to the pub tonight takes sensible precautions, and brings a straw: According to Nutt, the optimal dose is 5gm a day, which is about a third of a glass of wine or half a pint … Continue reading →
Man brought up to see racism everywhere sees racism everywhere
That Soweto Kinch guy doesn’t sound like someone with a political axe to grind at all, no, not at all: Soweto’s 2010 release The New Emancipation drew its inspiration from 19th century work songs and early blues, exploring the modern … Continue reading →
Roger Scruton RIP
I was stunned to hear of Roger Scruton’s death yesterday. He wrote to me only last week, telling me that he was enjoying my novel, and that he was in good spirits regarding his health, so I wasn’t expecting this … Continue reading →
YYZ
It might seem strange to celebrate Neil Peart’s life with a video that features an animation of him, rather than the real thing, but it’s a brilliant animation that really highlights his drumming skills. (And it’s one of the classic … Continue reading →