Joanna Williams

1 month ago | cieo.substack.com | Joanna Williams

I have been working at Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest for a while now and I’ve begun to notice some differences between British and Hungarian students. Here’s one: only in Hungary have individuals or groups asked me directly for what boils down to ‘life advice’. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve been questioned about how to have an academic career, the best time to start a family, how to juggle work and children, how to write a book and even what values should shape a person’s priorities.

1 month ago | cieo.substack.com | Joanna Williams

Rarely have three people deserved each other more than Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Sophie Chandauka, the director of Harry’s charity, Sentebale. The dispute currently engulfing Sentebale continues to throw up claims and accusations. But all that is really clear is that this bunch of privileged narcissists have been far too busy weaponizing their own victimhood to spare a thought for the impoverished young people in Southern Africa that Sentebale is supposed to help.

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Joanna Williams

Call me old-fashioned but if I ever have the misfortune to be stuck inside a burning building, I want a fireman to come to my rescue. As the temperature rises, I won’t give two hoots as to whether my particular fireman is black, white, gay, straight, male or female. I just want someone brave enough to ignore the flames and strong enough to carry me down flights of stairs. A bit of Stoicism might be good too; I don’t want to have to hand out tissues to my weeping saviour.

1 month ago | spiked-online.com | Joanna Williams |Brendan O'Neill

The beatification of the fictional Peruvian bear is cringey, ridiculous and revealing. Share Topics UK Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. We need to talk about Paddington. Britain’s obsession with the Peruvian bear has long been unhealthy. But for a fictional character from a children’s story to be transformed into the moral voice of the nation is truly deranged.

1 month ago | spiked-online.com | Joanna Williams

Apparently, celebrating the Bard fuels ‘white European supremacy’. What rubbish. Share Topics Culture Identity Politics UK Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. What is it with Britain’s cultural custodians and their hatred of everything British?