“Puritans, eat your heart out”, observed a friend who is well acquainted with how in the 17th century the British monarchy learned a valuable lesson from being briefly overthrown. Published: 7 June 2022 As I watched the main events and cheering crowds of the jubilee...
We’re living through a disaster that should be causing all patriotic Americans to wonder if it isn’t time to revisit their methods of choosing their leaders. Published: 24 August 2021 The world was understandably extremely rude about a system that produced Donald...
Published: 16 November 2020 Is the US-UK relationship imperiled by Joe Biden’s deep affection for Ireland, which is furious with the UK over Brexit? Superficially, at least, Boris Johnson has some reason to be concerned. First, the argument goes, there are those...
Tough, funny and effective, Barbara Bush was pre-eminent among recent US first ladies, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: Sunday 22 April 2018 Barbara Bush, tougher than her husband and known to her family as ‘The Enforcer’, is probably the most popular...
