Brexit has weakened the UK, but the country still seems unwilling to contemplate a return to the EU

Nigel Farage’s latest stunt promises more barefaced demagoguery and no solutions to the woes of Clacton-on-Sea

How should we respond to 'justified concerns' about race relations and policing?

Behind the stirring, ostensibly patriotic headlines how much power do the UK’s right-wing press wield, and how much do the...

How does he get away with it?

Just what is behind the apparent popularity of the self-appointed “man of the people”?

Melville’s classic tale of ocean adventure and folly holds a message about the “morally enfeebled” America of his, and our,...

The better angels of our nature do not always prevail, and setbacks will follow victories, but like Sisyphus we must...

After the riots, there are many serious questions to ask. Do disclaimers make any sense?

Jim Price continues his tips for the summer with a Vesper Martini and Salade Niçoise

Looking for something to read this summer? Try these American crime fiction writers

Remembering the two world wars let us stop obsessing about our glorious past and move on - time to focus...

This encounter geographer Danny Dorling had our author thinking about our society and its ills - it certainly left its...

Jim Price re-assesses our former Prime Minister now he is back at the helm of the Foreign Office.

Jim Price bemoans the British exceptionalism which doesn’t see the need to learn other languages, which prevents us understanding other...

Brexit was sold as a fake picture with such a high price that it had to be valuable. Now the...

Jim paints a picture of Remainers and Leavers at a reception and challenges you to spot them at your next...

The government strategy of repeating lies in the assumption that they will ‘get away with it’ must be challenged.

Matt Goodwin’s supposedly serious book is exposed for what it is – a cheap propaganda exercise to blame the ‘liberal...

The settlement by Fox with Dominion Voting Systems shows how badly Fox wants to avoid their supporters seeing them humiliated...

Jim gives us a flavour of the contrasts within Mexico and how it copes with its large neighbour to the...

Jim Price is unhappy about 'the endless victim narrative peddled by the far right'. He reminds us that it is...

Argentina is a dysfunctional dystopia of a country. It should be like Australia, but corruption and populism have put paid...

Jim Price's review of Umberto Eco’s 1995 essay ‘Ur-Fascism’ shows that in 2022 ‘Eternal Fascism’ is still a threat to...

Kipling, imperialist and patriot though he was, was against flying 'The Flag of their Country' like our populist government does...