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Now Gentrify
“Over the last few years,” reports MyLondon, “Brixton has become increasingly gentrified with an increase of mainstream shops as well as pubs and bars…
Ben Sixsmith
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On Transgression, Heterodoxy and Dissent
You will meet few people, nowadays, who would take offence at being called “transgressive”. Left-wingers see themselves as transgressing against the…
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Aug 18
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Pantsing
No one quite remembered who had been the first man to wear his pants on his head. Rumours had begun to circulate about a man attending parties, book…
Ben Sixsmith
Aug 16
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An Introduction to Polish Cuisine
Okay, I am far from being the best judge here. A vegetarian writing about Polish food? You might as well have a teetotal man reviewing Italian wines…
Ben Sixsmith
Aug 12
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War (On Terror), Good God, What Was It Good For?
The death of Ayman al-Zawahiri was anti-climactic. For two decades, since 9/11, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command had eluded capture or killing…
Ben Sixsmith
Aug 6
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Birth Wars
I was once sitting with a friend of mine who owns a business when one of their employees called with news they were pregnant. My friend offered cheerful…
Ben Sixsmith
Aug 2
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Ukraine and Truth
Frankly, Vogue should have stayed out of politics after having to bury its profile of Asma al-Assad — “A Rose in the Desert” — so far down a memory hole…
Ben Sixsmith
Jul 30
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July Diary
Hello, I missed you. Obligatory shilling. I wrote for Spectator World about spree killers and Ezra Miller. I wrote for The Critic about the end of Boris…
Ben Sixsmith
Jul 25
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Old Friends
When I was a kid — five or six years old — my best schoolfriend moved to a village on the outskirts of our hometown and switched to a different school…
Ben Sixsmith
Jul 24
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For Whom the Bell Dings
I am fascinated by Dr Eric Feigl-Ding. I wonder what his days look like. Does he wake up in a state of constant alarm? Does he run to the bathroom to…
Ben Sixsmith
Jul 15
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The Ballad of Hunter Biden
Sometimes British people get intensely into American politics because it is so much more sensational than British politics. I’m not like that. I’m into…
Ben Sixsmith
Jul 11
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Reflections on a Career
When I was a young man I had various career aspirations. I wanted to be a cricket player, which would have been a marvellous plan had it not been for…
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Jul 4
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