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What is it about London Mayors and Marxist Sects? Boris Johnson, Munira Mirza, the Revolutionary Communist Party and the delayed coming of history Michael Mosbacher

Richard D. North debates Lincoln Allison's The Disrespect Agenda: Or How the Wrong Kind of Niceness Is Making Us Weak and Unhappy - and remembers what a conflicted bunch conservatives are Richard D. North

Ruth Dudley Edwards is an excellent writer - but she is just not a detective writer, argues Helen Szamuely: Murdering Americans - Ruth Dudley Edwards Helen Szamuely

The Writing of the Grand Tour - Jeremy Black considers eighteenth century travel writing Jeremy Black

Richard D. North asks, can Antony Flew's conversion convince? There is a God: How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind - Antony Flew with Roy Abraham Varghese Richard D. North

The Demise of Criminal Legal Aid: Jan Davies explains how a suspect's right to legal representation is being curtailed - and why the public has taken no notice Jan Davies

Richard D. North on the disastrous rule of the baby boomers: How 1968 ruined government - and how to get over it Richard D. North

Why do quite a lot of prisoners prefer life inside to life "on the out"? Former prison doctor Theodore Dalrymple suspects it is because our society is producing fewer independent and responsible adults Theodore Dalrymple

Treason in a Cold Climate: Brendan Simms on the treason of Anthony Blunt and Guy Burgess and why it matters Brendan Simms

Suffolk: a Review - Lincoln Allison visits Suffolk and discovers that flat land does not have to be boring Lincoln Allison

A Short History of Britain
The Slave Trade
"Scrap the BBC!": Ten Years to Set Broadcasters Free
Diet Nation: Exposing the Obesity Crusade
The English at Table
The Politically-Correct Gospel

Warning: Immigration Can Seriously Damage Your Wealth
Wealth And Poverty: A Jewish Analysis
How to Maximise Your Expenses: Advice to new Members of the European Parliament
Butler's Dilemma: Lord Butler's Inquiry and the Re-Assessment of Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
British Anti-Americanism
Mr Blair's Messiah Politics: A story of inspired government, 1997-2007