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RIP Frederick Forsyth
Forsyth had a fully justified scorn for the inanities and dangers of the contemporary left
Nigel Jones
LA LA Land
How ‘the better city’ has gone from bad to worse
Joel Kotkin
AFT organized protests – No Kings – will take place this Saturday in nearly 2,000 municipalities
Andy Palmer
Lost Angeles
A political engine for the open-borders left was given $34 million by the government
Laura Powell
Sud-slinging
The obvious thing to say, and I tire of saying this to young men, is that it isn’t hard to get a woman to give you bathwater
Tanya Gold
Trump proclamations
The college’s main line of defense is old-fashioned snobbery
Peter W. Wood
Gaza
To admit that Hamas visited Nazi-style violence on innocent Jews would be to admit leftists took the wrong side
Brendan O’Neill
Dying DEI
Somewhere along the way, we began confusing justice with revenge
David Sypher Jr.
Posting
The X CEO has submitted to his former master
Cockburn
Parties
The night started off strong with cocktails and conversation with Speccie subscribers
The Spectator
Before the advent of Google Maps, GPS, Starlink and the rest, getting lost was a doddle
Sean Thomas
Ian Penman’s brief book takes us around the French composer’s life three times
Philip Clark
An irreverent musical about the ‘life’ of a mysterious dead body forces us to confront death
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
The Argentine dystopian drama is a very enjoyable watch
James Delingpole
At times the repetitiveness made me cry with boredom, but that repetitiveness is part of the shtick
Rod Liddle
The folksinger’s lifeboat capsized far too soon
Bill Kauffman
For a brief time, from Trump’s election until Easter, real estate enjoyed a brief boom – but no more
Peter Watson
The world is, always was and always will be largely ungovernable and chaotic
Chilton Williamson, Jr.
The athletic tracker app is my new addiction
Matt McDonald
The MAGA set share the predilections and tax brackets of the people they criticize
Belichick chic
Jordon Hudson’s relationship with a five-decades-older boyfriend would be of no interest to the public were that boyfriend not a genius
Christopher Caldwell
Assassin’s creed
We’ve come to a series of startling conclusions about a change that’s happening in US society
Max Horder
Degrees of failure
The university’s best line of defense would be to return to what it is meant to be
Douglas Murray
Court Circular
His path from Charlottesville vintner to crypto kingpin reveals something profound about power in this country
Kara Kennedy
Roman holiday
In Europe, I’ve felt most tired, hungry and poor – yet also most alive
Margaret Mitchell