At the heart of the coronation is a claim defiantly out of keeping with our time: that the continuing existence of the United Kingdom is a gift given by something above us and beyond our ability to control. Continue Reading »
A legal conflict between two organizations in the U.K. demonstrates that sometimes allies are found in unlikely places. Continue Reading »
We British are diminished by Queen Elizabeth II's passing. And the world is surely diminished, too, having lost one of its precious few heads of state worthy of respect. Continue Reading »
The plight of the British Labour party—which can be found today still licking its wounds from a devastating 2019 general election defeat, presenting as a shadow of its once proud self—should be a warning to any political organization tempted to believe it can neglect its core vote and . . . . Continue Reading »
Boris Johnson’s example is already casting a long shadow across the Atlantic. Continue Reading »
Eric Gill and Roman Polanski are both guilty of revolting crimes. But should we be punished by being deprived of the results of their undeniable talent? Continue Reading »
I hoped that Britain would leave the E.U. as part of a counter-revolution against all the errors of the past fifty years—and that this would involve the destruction of the British “Conservative” Party. Continue Reading »
Fleabag is not a nice Catholic show. In many ways it’s grotesque. But one privilege of well-made art is the ability to tell the truth by mistake. Continue Reading »
Britain’s courts are becoming, as America’s already are, unelected tools of politics, losing proportionate credibility as impartial arbiters of justice. Continue Reading »
In Britain, the belief that God created male and female has been declared “incompatible with human dignity.” Continue Reading »
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