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President goes under cover: The president’s daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
I read this novel after enjoying their first joint effort: “The President is missing” in which the American president, is challenged by the very topical real world threat of a deadly cyberterrorist attack. However, it lost its way towards the end when the problem is solved by the president making a solo trip to a…
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The allure of the movie sequel
Having experienced three movies (A Quiet Place Part 2, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard and, Fast and Furious 9) recently through the welcome return to the experience of the cinema, the industry is easily tempted by the allure of the sequel and creation of the franchise, but not always to the most attractive results.
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What is the future for the Labour Party?
The Chesham and Amersham by election victory for Liberal Democrats is a key moment in Kier Starmer’s term as Labour leader – his party managing to achieve its worst by-election result in the party’s history. Winning only 1.6 per cent of the vote and losing its deposit, Labour finished in fourth place behind the third-placed…
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Taking the Knee at football and tackling racism in social media
Football is often compared to religion True fans are born in to supporting their team; leaving your team and supporting another will cost you friends, and possibly family members. On the other hand you meet fellow fans who are your instant friends, just because. In his Unherd article Giles Fraser starts by suggesting there are…
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Free speech and why it matters by Andrew Doyle – Checking our thinking
Early on Andrew Doyle sets out how the definition of social justice has changed due to a new identity-based conceptualisation bringing with it a mistrust of unfettered speech. He goes on to point out how this has given us the confusing and rare phenomenon: the well-intentioned authoritarian. With authoritarianism comes censorship – or as it…
