Why parliament is paralysed
I wrote this during the parliamentary wrangling over Brexit under Prime Minister Theresa May’s government. A week later, the House had adopted a similar approach through Indicative Votes. The problem Continue Reading
The Spectator: A history of dining at the House of Commons
This is an article I wrote for The Spectator on the unique way in which the food at the House of Commons has changed the course of history. The published Continue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn is even useless at being pro-Palestinian
On 27th March 2018, I was proud to stand alongside Conservatives MPs, Labour MPs and protesters in solidarity against the virulent and poisonous anti-semitism in the Labour Party. This is Continue Reading
Short Story: Animal Magnetism
So I’m lying on the chiffon rug in the presidential suite of the Maynard Hotel, staring up at the shimmering chandelier dancing light across the vast universe of space surrounding Continue Reading
The Telegraph: Love Island – we’ve all been there
When I interned briefly at The Telegraph, I was lucky enough to sneak a piece on Love Island, only the best show on TV, into the paper. My editor, who Continue Reading
Short Story: The Rose Garden
President Jack West is sitting in his red leather chair in the oval office, reading the file marked “Confidential” on his desk. Two star spangled banners flag him either side, Continue Reading
Poem: The Shop
We sell Alphatronic green platypus And beauty tonic gelatinous And candy-coated pithecanthropus And dizzy dynamite so hazardous And euphoric saints of Nazarus With felonies all so scandalous And gyrating girls Continue Reading
The Spectator: Annabel’s relaunched – can it recapture that old Mayfair magic?
This is an article I wrote for The Spectator on how the founding members of Annabel’s felt about the club’s multi-million pound make-over. The published article can be found here: Continue Reading
Short Story: Droplets of Rain
Tiny droplets of rain are sunbathing on my bay windows, obscuring the view of the beautiful skies beyond. Through the glass, I can see a terrace of old England, redbrick Continue Reading
Poem: A Table of Silver
Delivering them Bewildering them The Table of Silver Quicksilvers them Jealousy draws a breath and sees to them Their greed for silver devours them A society in need of an Continue Reading