Everywhere one turns, fossil fuels are getting a bad rap. They’re the source of all our woes, apparently. We must keep them buried, in Earth’s guts, forever. There’s only one problem with this rash, hyperbolic onslaught on fossil fuels: everything about it is wrong. Far from destroying life on Earth…

The Australian, 13 April 2021 There was a dark, sad irony to the Harry and Meghan circus that cast a shadow over the final months of Prince Philip’s life. In this spat between the Duke and Duchess of Wokeness and the stiff, unfeeling and allegedly racist “firm” whose clutches they…

The Australian, 13 March 2021 There’s a new commandment: Thou shalt not criticise Meghan Markle. Woe betide anyone who even thinks about dissing this Duchess. This commandment has been vigorously enforced here in the UK ever since Meghan and Harry’s sitdown with Oprah was broadcast on TV. That televisual spectacle…

If I responded to every bad-faith criticism of spiked and me, I’d never get anything else done. But every now and then it’s worth responding, if only as a way of exploring what motors some people’s obsessive and dishonest opposition to spiked. John Gillott, a science writer, has written a…

The Australian, 6 February 2021 In January 2018, at an anti-Trump Women’s March in London, a laughing, pink-haired feminist waved a placard that said: “No country for old white men.” Fast forward to 2020 and who was the British hero of the hour – of the entire year, in fact…

I’m always surprised when people call me right-wing. I’m not offended – I think right and left are largely meaningless categories these days, so I see neither as a compliment or an insult – but I am surprised. So I scribbled down some of the ideas I’m most keen on…

The Australian, 13 June 2020 The West is in the grip of a Cultural Revolution. Modern-day Red Guards have declared war on the past. …