Spiked, January 20, 2017

At last - A President who doesn't claim to be Irish
Trump has broken with the blarney of claiming green roots.

in Spiked, June 26, 2015

Should the confederate flag come with a trigger warning?
Destroying symbols won't change the past

in The Catholic Herald, May 5, 2015

in spiked, June 5, 2013

In praise of American English

Stop being sniffy about this language that uses words like diaper and can’t pronounce aluminium; it's the new Latin.

In Culture Wars, May 19, 2012

A surplus of subjectivity and conviction

A History of the World Since 9/11, by Dominic Streatfeild (Atlantic Books, 2011)

In spiked, February 22, 2012

That’s for the American Revolution!
Cor blimey, guv, Adele’s only gone and shown them flash buggers across the pond what talent really sounds like.

in spiked March 5, 2010

Why everyone laughs at Canada

With giant beavers and Alanis Morissette, the closing ceremony of the Winter Games was a feast of stereotypes.

in Telegraph blogs, March 4, 2010

Why the Left hates Michael Moore

in spiked November 26, 2009

Revisiting the Great Tennessee Monkey Trial

Ignoring the BBC’s implicit anti-Americanism, its radio play on the 1925 creationists-v-evolutionists trial was excellent.

in spiked 2/3/2007

American TV’s love-hate relationship with Brits

The Americans declared independence in 1776, yet their TV depictions of Britons show they're still emotionally attached