Author Archives: leslie

Vaulting Ambition, Thwarted

Posted on November 5, 2015 by leslie

Vaulting Ambition, Thwarted ANGELA ELLIS-JONES reviews a timely political memoir A Different Kind of Weather, WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, 2015, Constable, ISBN 978-1-4721-1975-9, £20 As an undergraduate at Oxford in the late 1970s, on visits to the Union I enjoyed looking at … Continue reading →

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A Halloween Horror Story in the House

Posted on November 1, 2015 by leslie

A Halloween Horror Story in the House Ilana Mercer notes how vampiric Republican regimists and their zombie media work against the insurgent Washington is moving aggressively to inoculate itself against The Insurgents. By the looks of it, there will be … Continue reading →

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Life at the Mount

Posted on October 31, 2015 by leslie

Life at the Mount Bill Hartley returns to prison A recent edition of The Sun carried a story about a group of prisoners who were pictured enjoying a ‘party’ that apparently involved illicit drink and drugs taken on an (also illegal) … Continue reading →

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Harrogate and West Park Hotel

Posted on October 30, 2015 by leslie

Harrogate and West Park Hotel In its heyday, Harrogate was a bustling, genteel spa town; an almost compulsory item on the “must visit” agenda of the well-heeled late Georgian and Victorian, whereat they undertook a daily routine of social and … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Complacency, part 1

Posted on October 28, 2015 by leslie

In Praise of Complacency, part 1 Peter King on the benefits of herd instincts There has been a lot of debate over what happened in the 2015 General Election. Why did so few pundits and pollsters predict the outcome and … Continue reading →

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The NAZI Concentration Camps

Posted on October 24, 2015 by leslie

The NAZI Concentration Camps Leslie Jones considers three complementary accounts Sarah Helm, If this is a Woman: Inside Ravensbrück: Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women, Little, Brown, 2015, 748 pp Dan Stone, The Liberation of the Camps: the End of the … Continue reading →

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The Dilemma of Hypermodernity, part two

Posted on October 20, 2015 by leslie

The Dilemma of Hypermodernity, part two Mark Wegierski continues his analysis Apart from the ever-present (and multifarious) possibilities for self-destruction, there seem to be only two real main possible paths before humanity. Modern Western liberal technological society is already slipping … Continue reading →

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Burn-the-Wealth Bernie

Posted on October 20, 2015 by leslie

Burn-the-Wealth Bernie Ilana Mercer slams the socialist candidate “The top one-tenth of 1 percent in this country own almost 90 percent … as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent,” roared the independent senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, at the … Continue reading →

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Opioid Nation

Posted on October 18, 2015 by leslie

Opioid Nation Anne Timms considers America’s Problem with Prescription Drugs “More Americans die every year from drug overdoses than they do in car crashes”, as President Obama pointed out, grimly, in an address to the nation in September. The picture this … Continue reading →

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Polemicising Housman

Posted on October 16, 2015 by leslie

Polemicising Housman Darell Sutton considers the poet’s sexuality I Through the years numerous essays describing Alfred E. Housman’s poems have been published. The focus on his Parisian adventures or the sexual intent of some of his verse now is pervasive. … Continue reading →

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