Posts by Toby Guise

Thursday, 14 September 2017

To understand the CST's anti-Semitism report, watch 'Meet the Parents'

This week has seen publication of the most detailed survey yet of contemporary attitudes towards the Jewish community in the..

By Toby Guise

Monday, 4 September 2017

Me, me, me: the West is sinking in a sea of self-pity

In Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play Gaslight, a husband manipulates his rich wife into thinking that she is going insane. Fast-forward..

By Toby Guise

Friday, 25 August 2017

The CPS is doing its bit for a British Charlottesville

Watching the breakdown of civil order in America, we ask ourselves: could it happen here? The initial answer is no...

By Toby Guise

Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Russia has been manipulating western culture for decades

Three stories have defined the summer: the “Google Memo”, in which an engineer was fired for presenting a statistical challenge..

By Toby Guise

Friday, 21 July 2017

The Palio di Siena: Equestrian glamour at its finest

Local people find original ways to prove themselves. In England, these are typically mild – such as chasing a rolling..

By Toby Guise

Thursday, 13 July 2017

The Cape thrives from South Africa's woes

What has happened to South Africa’s Western Cape? Fifteen years ago, Cape Town was a risqué destination associated with car-jackings and worse...

By Toby Guise