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Author Archives for Johnathan Pearce


A French food paradox


A long silence from the luvvies


Imagine this for a moment


If things are so bad, how come we live so long?


The right to hold old-fart views


The onslaught continues


Have a nasty day, sir!


Rolling the dice


A disturbing story


Retro brilliance


An evening with a Victorian giant


And now for something completely different


More stuff on Tories and taxes


UKIP - now things get really interesting


Property rights or laws of the jungle?


Inheritance - more thoughts


End the envy tax


Signs of the times


Signposts in orbit


When libertarians disagree


Olympic farce


Muddled thinking from a good man


Bourgeois and proud of it


Rediscovering Adam Smith


Scowl for the camera


British bookshops suck (mostly)


Spain's banks on the march?


Defence of the realm


A fashionable hatred


High adventure


Census intrusion


The great UK marriage lottery


Zimbabwe's tyrant more isolated than ever


Less bang for your buck


A petrol-head reports


The great British pension swindle


Pushing the envelope is not frivolous


Carousing with the ghost of a free trade hero


The Euro 2004 Championships


The Gipper would have been a blogger


Emigration from the UK


Where there's muck, there's brass


More possible Saddam-terror link stories


Chocks away!


How not to win friends and influence people


Communism - good riddance


Streets and nonsense


Hot and bothered about China


Setting a higher standard


Dishonouring the fallen


Reflections from the gym


Titter ye not!


Raising expectations


Charming highwaymen


Greek tragedy in the making?


Pistols (or swords) at dawn


When two worlds collide


An Italian thing of beauty


At the rear end of the Spectator


The cabbie perspective


No Saddam link to al-Qaeda?


Making do with a stick


Fresh update on the Spanish bombing


A partial defence of baby boomers


Reflections on the piste


Modern piracy on the high seas


The culture of efficacy


Norah Jones and globalisation


Dangers of pessimism


When a factory gets groovy


A cop springs a surprise


In the bunker


Frog-bashing gets out of hand


Offshorephobia


Insights from a British Tom Wolfe


Napster comes to Europe


Parmalat scandal update


Lest we forget


The Martha Stewart Case


A colossus departs the crease


Back to the drawing board


Putting spammers in the can


An ode to Italian television


Europe's Enron


Double standards


The urge to survive


Gem of the Anglosphere


Bond on Dubya


Open and shut case?


Putting the question


Kylie is shocked, shocked!


Boom or bust?


Green terror


Ode to joys of very fast driving


Halloween dilemma


A sad moment in aviation history


Supply and demand


A big, big book


Reflections on a supermarket


Nasty stuff in Iran


The bogus 'duty' to have ID cards


A reactionary defence of the BBC


Russell Whitaker is back in the building


Take the lift with 007


Controversy - not!


Sovereignty... it is not just for nation-states


The other California circus


Heading for the buffers


Sharp edges on sale in Spain


Just say no to the euro


A glittering prize


Glorious geeks


The fatal conceit of central banks


What if things really are getting hotter?


Intellectual property rights


The fight against the Grim Reaper


No laughing matter


Another politician has a blog


TV drama gets real


Kidnapping and the war


The name of the game


Lara Croft - role model!


What 1776 was really about?


Another incredible Armstrong


Motor racing goes round the bend


Civil unions


What a scorcher!


Addicted to being a victim


Wanted - a new Robert Peel


A gem of globalisation


In the dark


Imperishable words


Stop me from eating!


Harry Potter crosses ze Channel


Freedom's fruits


Vive la Sabine!


The gardening menace


Glorious globalisation


Great moments in biotechnology


Remembering Waterloo


The decline of the Spectator


Straw men


A strange blank


Heading for the red planet


A conference suggestion


The selfish liberation of Iraq


The Grey Lady can cheer up


Nothing to declare


Fat cats


Men behaving badly


Blowing raspberries at the EU


From our EU correspondent


The bland leading the blind


Back to the Matrix


BBC, the voice of Truth


Brothels on the bourses


Borne on the wings of a lie?


Computer enhanced brains?


Infernal racket


Galloway - further allegations


Will they find the nasty stuff?


Hydrogen, hype and oil


Athletes, acting, and the war


More terror links exposed


Legal fight for Big Brother Corp


Walking and chewing gum at same time


Another record smashed


Iraqi PR man's great future


Let's not get personal


Business ethics


Media casualties


A feast for aircraft junkies


'Elite' Republican Guards surrender


Tax, tax and tax again


Sailing, trading and liberty


Take a look at this blog


More good EU tidings


From where I am sitting


Cheery news from a fox


Silver linings


The closed world of Polly Toynbee


Corruption at the Commission


Big Brother Corporation


Voices in my head


Bowled out with honour


Bin Laden newsflash


Asleep at the wheel


Communist theme park


Bruce Willis wants Saddam's ass


New York nannying


Dangers of a sluggish Europe


Fire at Staten Island


Defending economics


Malta, the EU, and Chirac


The Empire and all that


Carrot and stick


Budget moan


Another gratuitous car comment


A way forward


Gas-guzzling and gorgeous


Blair bolsters the Anglosphere


Bush nails it


McMadness


You can't keep a good man down


Immigration lunacy


Step aside, Vicar!


California dreamin'?


The spirit of adventure lives on


Americaphobes


The Aussie secret


Chinese police respect privacy!?!