Zoe Strimpel

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OpinionZoe StrimpelSun, May 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC1 min readPatrick Blower’s works were among those from The Telegraph featured in the exhibitionOh dear, oh dear. It had seemed, for the briefest moment, as if some of the madness that has beset us in the past decade had abated and truth and artistic freedom might once again take priority over the fear of causing offence – a fear with a very hard edge, thanks to our pathological “non-crime” hate laws.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Zoe Strimpel

It's almost comedic, as so much is these days. The cartoons were to be displayed at Kingston Riverside, a work space run by TownSq, which collaborates with the council and had given permission for the imagery to be displayed. It was meant to run until next month, but the show was pulled at the last minute over fears that the cartoons would cause trouble, not least if their political content was glimpsed during Zoom calls. Blower summed it up nicely.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Zoe Strimpel

I’m no fan of greenism. The movement seems to have come to be dominated by lunatics who appear to be more interested in destroying people’s lives and Western democracy than reversing the effects of greenhouse gases. But I, like most people with a soul, also care for nature – life, in short – and feel my spirits stir at the sight of expanses untouched by man.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Zoe Strimpel

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According to a new study, Britain is worse for “human flourishing” than Indonesia; ranked 20th, in fact, out of 22 countries surveyed on six continents, in this curious metric. Our young people in particular, we learn, suffer from a paucity of meaning in life and fulfilling relationships. As for the latter, no wonder: have you met a 20-something lately, and specifically a 20-something man advertising his wares on Tinder?