Monkey chanting is all over the news at present. This is the imitation monkey or ape noises directed against sportsmen of African ethnic origin. It is particularly common in association football and...

For a decade or more the slur words of choice from an intolerant left, seeking to silence debate, have been "fascist" and "Nazi". They use them to signify a political view...

Nigel Farage is back, a hero once again. Yet despite his new party’s success at the EU elections, Nigel Farage still refuses to engage on the issue of the UK’s future defence relationship with the EU...

The integrity initiative has shown us more of the deep state than, perhaps, ever revealed before. Rather than occasional crises generating desperate acts, it is now visible as a well organised...

A round-up of some contributions that inquirers into the Skripal case ought not to miss.

It is striking how often ordinary people, who find themselves the victims of extraordinary wrongs, turn to poetry to express themselves. Perhaps you are living next door to a poet. I would like...