by Bernadette Meaden | Jun 26, 2021 | Commentary
ACCORDING to George Orwell, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a book everyone should read. It is often named by people on the left as the book which has had the greatest influence on their politics. However, there is no denying that unlike Animal Farm or 1984,...
by Jill Segger | Jun 25, 2021 | Commentary
ON SUMMER SATURDAYS, the quiet of the village where I live is sometimes broken by the unmistakeable throb and growl of a Merlin aero engine. On these occasions, I run outside and am occasionally in time to see a Spitfire or Hurricane looping and diving before...
by Brian Draper | Jun 22, 2021 | Commentary
CHRIS PACKHAM is a naturalist best known for presenting Springwatch on BBC2. “He should be in the ‘national treasure’ class,” said The Guardian, “but he determinedly is not.” Brian Draper went for a wander and conversation with him in the New Forest earlier this year...
by Peter McColl | Jun 15, 2021 | Commentary
THERE ARE ONLY three broad ways to solve the Brexit situation in Northern Ireland, assuming that the UK is not going to rejoin the EU. First, the current arrangement, which means checks in the Irish Sea, and an effective customs border between Northern Ireland and...
by Cameron Boyle | Jun 9, 2021 | Commentary
WITH SUFFERING SO OFTEN the root cause of migration, providing new arrivals with a safe and secure existence is of the utmost importance. But regrettably, arrival in the host country can throw up an array of new issues, from exploitative employment to social...
by Bernadette Meaden | Jun 5, 2021 | Commentary
IN 2019, RESEARCHERS at the University of Sheffield argued persuasively that the UK may be going through a process of ‘undevelopment’, which they defined as “the dismantling, rather than the building, of a viable, functioning political economy that...
