The Telegraph reports on an unfortunate lady: I nearly married a conman. It’s more common than you think Was he a good liar? I presume he didn’t just spin this lady the usual guff about working for top secret government … Continue reading →
The Telegraph’s view: When they have stopped arguing about Brexit, politicians must focus on boosting productivity No, they must focus on ending PC culture. That, more than anything else, will kill the country. Also the Telegraph: Owen Paterson adds name … Continue reading →
More polyamory-pushing from the media: Wednesday Martin, whose latest book Untrue explores “why nearly everything we believe about women and lust and infidelity” is wrong This is really Tim Newman’s territory, but I wanted to make a few points. Firstly, what … Continue reading →
Apparently Elf on the Shelf is the biggest thing since Christmas turkey: “We had no idea what on earth we were getting ourselves into.” So says Chanda Bell, one of the three women responsible creating what has become a … Continue reading →
Is there any more terrifying phrase in the modern English lexicon than ‘Sort yourself into small groups and discuss this please’? You can’t get away from it. Every meeting or public speaking event these days has to feature one. Small-group … Continue reading →
Dr Who actually died in 1981, although that fact wasn’t apparent until much later. He died when Tom Baker was replaced by Peter Davidson. Davidson was clearly an inferior actor, at least in that role, but Dr Who fans thought … Continue reading →
Far-right plumber Dave Bloggs today visited the far-right London History Museum to view inflammatory material about far-right political extremists, including Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. Bloggs, who travelled on the far-right Docklands Light Rail service which has trampled … Continue reading →
Another sign that I’m not a young man any more: I now fancy Julie Andrews. When I was in my first bloom of youth Julie Andrews seemed like everything a man didn’t want in a woman. A prim, sexless, goody-goody, … Continue reading →
The founder of a network established “to support individuals who have discovered their family relationships aren’t what they were led to believe” apparently lives in the 1950s: Yet St Clair hopes that this will diminish the culture of shame that … Continue reading →
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard wonders whether, as Kishore Mahbubani, the “prophet of Eastern ascendancy and Singapore’s former UN ambassador” claims, the West’s era of dominance is over: Brace for a shattering shock. Westerners will discover within a generation that the fleeting 200-year … Continue reading →
From the Telegraph: Shed of the Year, a competition that has been running annually since 2007, attracted 2,971 entries this year, and from these the organisers selected 24 entrants, across eight categories, for the public vote. The categories were eco … Continue reading →
Yes we should. Celebrate the urge some people have to ink their skin. Because then we know not to hire those people. Or let them marry our children. They’re telling us, very kindly, that they’re unsuitable for the position. And … Continue reading →
