Monthly Archives: June 2011

Turkey in Europe? Thanks but no thanks The BBC today reports an exodus of Syrian refugees into Turkey – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13710588 Of course I feel sorry for the refugees – I’d do just as they are doing if I were a Syrian … Continue reading →

Latest article for Junge Freiheit German-spealing readers may be interested in my latest column for the Berlin newspaper Junge Freiheit (3 June).  It deals with Ken Clarke’s unfortunate differentiation between rape and “serious rape”. Derek Turner, 8 June 2011 Free … Continue reading →

Poems by Alfred Tennyson Reviewed by John Wilson Croker (from Spring 1833) EDITOR’S NOTE: The original QR always disliked the new poetry that emerged in the first half of the 19th century as a reaction against the  stately poetry of … Continue reading →