Toby Guise 
Toby Guise is a London-based writer and novelist with an interest in political culture. His genes have been spliced from Simon Raven and Kyril Bonfiglioli. His novel The Gold Sands has been variously described as "the most important piece of social comment this decade" and "having nothing good to recommend it - at all." He writes comment for The American Conservative, Tablet Magazine, and Reaction; and travel for the FT and the Spectator. He lives at @tobyguise.
Britain
Jeremy Corbyn and the Politics of ConspiracyApr 04 2018 We live in an era where fake news is real, and real news is fake. A recent furor in the U.K. concerned the involvement of |
Politics
Russia on EarthMar 16 2018 “God in heaven, Russia on Earth.” So say the Serbs, who have been programmed to see Russia behind every turn of good fortune. Westerners are |
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True ReligionMar 06 2018 The Icelandic state is considering a ban on child circumcision—with predictable reactions. Secular humanists claim victory while religious groups claim persecution. Yet their very reaction |
Cultural Caviar
Oxfam and the Fall of the Moral MonopolyFeb 20 2018 “Now, that represents a degree of hypocrisy I’ve hitherto suspected in you but not noticed, due to highly evasive skills.” So says the eponymous lead |
British Politics
Theresa MaydayFeb 06 2018 Britain’s international relations have acquired something of Paris in the spring of 1871. Having achieved a lightning defeat at the hands of Prussia, the inhabitants |
Commerce
Born-Again VirginJan 23 2018 We have just witnessed a curious phenomenon in the U.K. Bloodthirsty conglomerate Virgin unilaterally withdrew the Daily Mail from its public-transport arm. A preening statement |
Uncategorized
Islamo-StalinismDec 18 2017 It’s that time of the year again. As Coca-Cola’s magic truck trundles across our televisions and Starbucks’ ubiquitous red cups punctuate the daily commute, the |
Uncategorized
Ratko Mladić and the Ghosts of HistoryDec 04 2017 After hitting the skids a few years ago, I moved to Serbia. Hell, it was fun. Belgrade had been bombed in ’99. The laser-guided ordnance |
Commerce
A Madness at the Heart of Modern ConsumerismNov 27 2017 The advent of a White Christmas is now heralded by Black Friday: this infamous moment when the grand coalition of Western capitalism starts whipping its |
Britain
The Normalisation of CrimeNov 20 2017 A few years ago, someone opened fire on me in St. John’s Wood. If you’re surprised, spare a thought for me. I was stepping onto |
Britain
Equality Is a Flesh-Eating Bug Destroying the Tories From the InsideNov 06 2017 The ripples from Harvey Weinstein’s considerable bulk are now lapping at the Palace of Westminster. This week the British Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, resigned |
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