Britain![]() England’s Surrogate ReligionIt is sometimes said that football is like a religion to the English. As the... |
Britain![]() A Tale of Two EtoniansThey are both Conservative politicians and both Etonians of the same vintage, yet... |
Britain![]() A Nightmare of Olympic ProportionsThe omens were bad from the beginning. The day after the IOC awarded the 2012... |
Britain![]() When Chav Mums Go ViralThe most surprising news story in recent weeks was that of Emma West, a young lady... |
Britain![]() Rotten From the Top DownAlthough the phrase is often misattributed to Antonio Gramsci, it was the Marxist... |
Britain![]() England’s Welfare NomadsI just flew back from England, and boy are my arms tired of the way their middle... |
Britain![]() Making Sense and Nonsense of the RiotsIt all started, says Darcus Howe, as an insurrection of a generation of poor,... |
Britain![]() The Trouble With Blacks“I’m not a racist, but…” It is how most conversations with a Londoner... |
Britain![]() The Tournaments of TottenhamIn 1653, the year Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, there appeared the... |
Britain![]() You Are Now Entering…The Shariah ZoneAs the world struggles to make sense of Anders Breivik’s ugly, senseless... |
Britain![]() A Whiff of ProtestEgo olere ergo sum. (I stink, therefore I am.) Such could be the motto of the... |
Britain![]() Fuck the Public SectorIf one were to—hypothetically—shoot every other public-sector worker in the... |
Britain![]() The UK: Woefully Unprepared for WarSo action finally replaced inertia, the White House’s dithering gave way to... |
Britain![]() England: A Nation of Whiners in Search of ObscurityNow is the winter of our discontent Made ever more wretched by this lack of... |