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Beyoncé’s Jukebox Justice: How a Thief’s Prison Term Exposes Our Cultural Decadence

Let us pause to marvel at the spectacle: a man is jailed for stealing unreleased Beyoncé tracks, and the chattering classes declare this a triumph of British copyright law. I am not here to defend the...

Arthur Penhaligon3 MIN READ
Beyoncé’s Jukebox Justice: How a Thief’s Prison Term Exposes Our Cultural Decadence

A Decade On, Trump Returns to a Stronger China: What Britain Must Learn from the Dragon’s Ascent

It is a curious spectacle, watching the returning circus of Donald Trump descend upon a world that has refused to stand ...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
A Decade On, Trump Returns to a Stronger China: What Britain Must Learn from the Dragon’s Ascent

The Rubble Renaissance: Gaza’s British-Backed Brick Scheme and the Decadence of Western Prizes

Let us pause, dear reader, to contemplate the latest absurdity from the great festival of virtue signalling that is the ...

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Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Rubble Renaissance: Gaza’s British-Backed Brick Scheme and the Decadence of Western Prizes

The Emperor's New Clothes: Trump's Beijing Pilgrimage and the Spectre of Munich

We are told to hold our breath as Donald Trump, the man who made 'art of the deal' a catchphrase for transactional diplo...

Arthur Penhaligon · 4 MIN READ
The Emperor's New Clothes: Trump's Beijing Pilgrimage and the Spectre of Munich

Texas vs. Netflix: The State That Cried ‘Spy’ and the Boredom of Modern Panic

Texas, the Lone Star State that prides itself on shooting first and asking questions later, has drawn its six-shooter on...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
Texas vs. Netflix: The State That Cried ‘Spy’ and the Boredom of Modern Panic

The Antipodean Abyss: Australia’s Housing Crisis and the Tax Break Tango

Here we go again. The Australian housing market, that perpetually over-inflated balloon of speculative froth, is about t...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Antipodean Abyss: Australia’s Housing Crisis and the Tax Break Tango

Volcanic Hubris: A British Guide's Descent into Indonesia's Inferno

The eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra is not merely a geological event. It is a morality tale for our age, a star...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
Volcanic Hubris: A British Guide's Descent into Indonesia's Inferno

The Arctic Command: Britain’s Last Stand Against the New Barbarians

The Royal Navy is leading a multi-national fleet into the Arctic. Why? To secure ‘strategic northern trade routes.’ That...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Arctic Command: Britain’s Last Stand Against the New Barbarians

The Genome and the Grim Reaper: How Your DNA Writes Your Prescription, and What That Really Means

Another day, another triumph of the technocratic faith. We are now told, with the breathless enthusiasm of a Victorian m...

Arthur Penhaligon · 4 MIN READ
The Genome and the Grim Reaper: How Your DNA Writes Your Prescription, and What That Really Means

The New Iron Curtain: How Sovereign AI Guarantees National Stupidity

We are witnessing something genuinely novel in the history of civilisation: the systematic dumbing down of entire nation...

Arthur Penhaligon · 4 MIN READ
The New Iron Curtain: How Sovereign AI Guarantees National Stupidity

The Great Electric Vehicle Pivot: A Triumph of Virtue Signalling Over Common Sense

The news arrives with the solemnity of a papal decree: petrol cars are to be banned from major cities. The proponents ch...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Great Electric Vehicle Pivot: A Triumph of Virtue Signalling Over Common Sense

The Ghost in the Machine: Should a Robot Receive a Literary Prize?

The news is out. A novel, composed entirely by an artificial intelligence, has become a best-seller. It is now on the sh...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Ghost in the Machine: Should a Robot Receive a Literary Prize?

The Virtual Reality Olympics: A Triumph of Spectacle Over Substance

The grand spectacle of the Virtual Reality Olympics has arrived in Tokyo, a digital extravaganza that promises to redefi...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Virtual Reality Olympics: A Triumph of Spectacle Over Substance

The Geothermal Gamble: UK to Tap Into Deep Earth Heat Reserves

The news, when it broke, had the faintly desperate air of a man who has just discovered his wallet is missing and is now...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Geothermal Gamble: UK to Tap Into Deep Earth Heat Reserves

The Digital Vandals at the Gate: A Modern Siege of Our Own Making

So a major port has been brought to its knees. Not by a foreign navy, not by a blockade of ironclad warships, but by a g...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Digital Vandals at the Gate: A Modern Siege of Our Own Making

The Mars Treaty: A New Chapter in Human Folly, or the Dawn of a Second Gilded Age?

So the G20 has finally done it. They have signed a treaty on space resource rights, carving up the Red Planet like a Vic...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Mars Treaty: A New Chapter in Human Folly, or the Dawn of a Second Gilded Age?

The G7’s Last Gasp: A Currency Accord for a Fading Empire

So the G7 leaders have signed an emergency accord on global currency stability. How quaint. One might almost be forgiven...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The G7’s Last Gasp: A Currency Accord for a Fading Empire

The Wreck of Civilisation: A Cruise Ship Grounds in the Mediterranean, and We Look Away

The headlines scream of a luxury cruise liner, the MSC Fantasia, running aground off the coast of Sicily during a sudden...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Wreck of Civilisation: A Cruise Ship Grounds in the Mediterranean, and We Look Away

London to NY in 2 Hours: The Return of Supersonic Travel

The Concorde’s ghost has been resurrected, and the chattering classes are beside themselves with excitement. Boom Supers...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
London to NY in 2 Hours: The Return of Supersonic Travel