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Secrets of the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

Review for The Spectator of Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England by Anne L Murphy.
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In trouble again

Review for The Times Literary Supplement of Boris Johnson: The rise and fall of a troublemaker at Number 10 by Andrew Gimson.
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Well-connected, well-informed — and utterly wrong

Chips Channon’s diaries recall the British establishment’s misguided ways between the wars.
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The triumph of independent thought

Review for The Spectator of The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790 by Ritchie Robertson.
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A left-liberal tries to pin down conservatism

Review for the Catholic Herald of Conservatism: The Fight for a Tradition by Edmund Fawcett.
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Behind the veil

Essay for Prospect Magazine on John Rawls and his book A Theory of Justice.
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Mistress of all she surveyed

Essay/review for Prospect of Vol. 2 of the authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher, by Charles Moore.
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Not work, but always love

Essay/review for New Statesman on the life and thought of Michael Oakeshott.
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Favourites

  • The Spectator: My Clash with Cameron -- The true story behind the Lords reform rebellion
  • Times op-ed: Don't copy America's flawed democracy
  • The Spectator, 1 November 2003: Tell Us The Reason Why.
  • Remembering Tom: A portrait of Lord Bingham
  • New Statesman: Review of Michael Oakeshott’s Notebooks, 17 April 2014

Recent Posts

  • Letter to the London Review of Books
  • Westminster scheming is not all bad. Just ask Bacon and Coke
  • The Winding Stair
  • Governments must step up to the mark and clean up our rivers
  • Slow Politics Episode 5: Any ideas?
  • My Letter of No Confidence in Boris Johnson
  • Sterile debates over university expansion miss the point
  • Bright Blue: Centre Write Interview
  • The Spectator: My Clash with Cameron -- The true story behind the Lords reform rebellion
  • UnHerd: The Tories should have listened to Jesse Norman

Some Great Links

  • Arts & Letters Daily
  • Boulton & Co.
  • Conservative Home
  • Tim Harford
  • Hay Festival
  • Hereford United FC
  • The Courtyard
  • Guido Fawkes
  • John Kay
  • Peter Oborne
  • Nick Robinson
  • Radio Free Cuba
  • The Roundhouse
  • Spectator Coffee House
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