The death of respect in modern Britain
Tonight on BBC Two you can see the first half of a two-part documentary which explores the extent to which Britain is indeed broken. Called The Death of Respect, it's been made by the highly respected...
View ArticleThe Stalinist absurdity of vetting children's authors before they visit schools
In a move which will poison further the relationship between adults and children, it will now be required of writers and illustrators who make visits to schools that they be vetted by the...
View ArticleDrama should be Left of centre, BBC confirms. So why pay the licence fee?
In a piece written for The Guardian, Ben Stephenson, the BBC's drama commissioning controller, writes the following: We need to foster peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, stubborn-mindedness, left-of-centre...
View ArticleLet's stop fawning over the 'artists' who produce rubbish like 'Antichrist'
Unless you enjoy feeling depressed, don't bother with Antichrist, which I've reviewed in Standpoint magazine: it's nasty, brutish and long. But that's not an argument for stopping people watching it....
View ArticleA fact the Left ignores: the KGB seriously infiltrated postwar America
Joe McCarthy's anti-communist campaign during the post-war era in the US remain one of the great totemic events in liberal-Left mythology. Every time there is a revival of Arthur Miller's play The...
View ArticleThe era of the Sloane Ranger now seems as distant as the Fifties
Amazing as it may seem, it was 28 years ago today that Prince Charles was exchanging vows with Lady Diana Spencer. There were a fair number of parties going on that day. Suppose William and Kate were...
View ArticleMichael Moore unveils another predictable Leftist rant. But what about films...
It's been announced that we're about to be treated to another rant from the 'documentary' maker Michael Moore. Capitalism is the title of Moore's follow up to Sicko and Fahrenheit 9/11, and will be...
View ArticleAnti-social behaviour: even cinemas and West End theatres are becoming scary...
When we talk about rising anti-social behaviour, it's often our experiences on public transport and in city centres which come to mind. But it has also infected the culture and leisure industries:...
View ArticleThe joyless vulgarity of Brits abroad
The reports today that a young Greek woman has become a national hero after setting fire to the genitals of a 20-year-old British holiday-maker who, she claims, tried to sexually assault her while...
View ArticleEdinburgh Festival to feature smug Lefty Tory-bashing. Again. Yawn.
The Edinburgh Festival looms, and Tory-bashing is to be one of the themes for the legions of 'comedians' who infest the fringe. Richard Smith, Nick Doody and Stephen Carlin (who they?) are among the...
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