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Wednesday, 7 August 2019
It was 34 degrees here in Tokyo yesterday, with humidity hovering around the 70% mark. The day before that was …
Continue reading "The Tokyo Olympics are heading for a climate catastrophe"
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 2 August 2019
Politics hasn’t been this exciting, since, well ever… We are in the third act now. How will it all end? …
Continue reading "Boris the Kid has changed the game on Brexit"
By Philip Patrick
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Imagine what it must feel like for an ornithologist to finally, after years of searching, spot an ultra rare bird, …
Continue reading "The academic tribe’s hatred of Brexit and Trump is motivated by fear"
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 5 July 2019
The death this week at the age of 81 of the Telegraph journalist, and co-founder of Private Eye, the controversial, …
Continue reading "Christopher Booker was right about the EU"
By Philip Patrick
Thursday, 4 July 2019
It is not exactly a secret that Winston Churchill is the leader Boris Johnson would most like to be associated …
Continue reading "Coolidge not Churchill should be the model for Boris Johnson"
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 28 June 2019
Here’s a joke: How many TV commissioning editors does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: two – one …
Continue reading "‘Comedy 50 – 50’ is no laughing matter"
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 14 June 2019
Here we go again, another week, another War of the Words. The Jo brand ‘battery acid’ controversy is this week’s …
Continue reading "Jo Brand should be free to make bad jokes"
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 7 June 2019
“This terrible thing of fashion, in assessing composers, especially in Great Britain, is something that worries me terribly”. So remarked …
Continue reading "Lost Classic: Arnold Bax"
By Philip Patrick
Friday, 3 May 2019
Was anything written, said or done to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of American novelist, poet, art critic, …
Continue reading "Ten years since his death, John Updike’s work remains as powerful as ever"
By Philip Patrick
