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Ode to a blogger

Brits pressed for press freedom in the 18th century, and perhaps no one pressed harder against the forces that opposed him than the rake and wit John Wilkes. Today, there appears to be no opposition to freedom in the press in Britain, but with a few brilliant exceptions, such as Christopher Booker and Janet Daley, the press seems curiously languid about pressing for stories unless they concern celebrities.

Richard North at the blog EU Referendum has written in corrosive detail about an outrageous story: the miserable equipment supporting, correction failing to support, British troops fighting in the field. While the press sleeps, North posts, and sounds the alarum.

A democracy whose free press refuses to publish reports about life and death issues, is preoccupied with movie stars, and is incapable of recognizing propaganda reports and photoshopped images is in considerable danger. Fortunately a Brit’s invention of the World Wide Web and the startling forays of bloggers have created new opportunities for readers who like their reporters awake, and smelling the coffee.

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knights at Runnymede

THE KNIGHT

Never a dull moment on the road to Runnymede

Includes how boys became men, chivalry and the Geneva Conventions, aid on your life's quest, and Magna Carta.


Map of Britain carved into regions by EU

YOUR OWN CHOICE
Shall Britain be free?


Flag of the Union blowing over the sea

SOS


Driving a sportscar into the sunrise

INGENIOUS INVENTORS
INNOVATIVE THINKERS

The British scientists and inventors who gave us the modern world are HERE


Magna Carta posted on red church doorswoman rejoicing on beach

LIBERTY! THE TIMELINE IS HERE

BRITISH HISTORY
DEFENDING FREEDOM

DEFEATING THE EU SUPERSTATE IS HERE

DEFEATING VIOLENT ISLAMISTS IS HERE


woman smiling

CREATIVE BRITS

NEW files on British artists and art are HERE


Boy in life vest about to go sailing

A FEW IDEAS IN
THEIR HEADS

The virtues and powers that create success are HERE



Old-fashioned English roses

BRITISH LIFE

We begin with English gardens, sportscars, whisky and laughter HERE


Sailing ship hunting for slavers on the Atlantic

ABOLISHING SLAVERY

The new file is HERE



Close up of Baroness Cox, dark-haired and smiling

HEROES & ADVENTURERS

Meet the cool and daring risk-takers, the curious and resourceful adventurers, the heroic and humorous Brits who risk their lives for great causes HERE


Crouched on green to judge putt

SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS
HERE

Brits invented football (soccer), rugby, cricket, tennis, croquet, badminton, squash, fly-fishing, and golf. Off the playing fields, they created a quintessential style – romantic, adventurous, and equally at home in the country or on the urban runway.


couple travelling in Anglosphere

BRITS WORLDWIDE

COMING SOON: A place for your stories, profiles, ideas, and images.

THE SITE MAP IS HERE


David Abbott

DAVID ABBOTT MD, MRCP

Over the last decade I have come to realise how much of all I value depends on ideas and traditions nurtured by Brits. I hope you will be inspired by what you find in this blog/website, and that you will help us to make it grow in brilliance and depth by becoming a Friend.

Catherine Glass

CATHERINE (CAT) GLASS

As an American who is the descendant of Czech, Irish, and English lovers of freedom, I am dedicated to bringing the courage and spirit of Brits at their best to you.

English bulldog puppy

Join the CIRCLE OF FRIENDS HERE

The best of the Brits produced thousands of indispensable inventions, developed wildly popular sports, designed romantic houses and gardens, created astonishing literary masterpieces, lived with style and humour, tackled dangerous missions with daring and ingenuity, and fought with indomitable courage to establish and protect the free world. We aim to describe their superb achievements and extraordinary lives. We celebrate creativity and common sense, fair play and compassion, bravery and self-discipline, rational thought, freedom, faith, and wit.

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BLOGS & SITES OF NOTE

1party4all »
18 Doughty Street »
Albion's Seedlings »
Adam Smith Institute »
Anchoress »
Barnabas Fund »
Belmont Club »
Better Off Out »
Britannia Radio »
Britannica Blog »
British Declaration
of Independence »

British Museum»
British Weights & Measures »
Bruges Group »
Captain's Quarters »
Cato Unbound »
Center Liberty in the Mideast »
Centre for Policy Studies »
Christian Institute »
The Churchill Centre »
Churchill Society »
Civitas »
Conservative History »
Countryside Alliance »
ejectejecteject »
English Cut »
Englishman's Castle »
EU Referendum »
The Flag »
Foundation Economic Freedom »
The Freedom Association »
Free Market Fairy Tales »
gardenmob »
Global Britain »
Global Vision »
Daniel Hannan, MEP »
Roger Helmer, MEP »
Hugh Hewitt »
Hitchens in the Mail »
Instapundit »
Iraq the Model »
Lindsay Jenkins »
Joe's Dartblog »
juliansdaughter »
Marginalized Action Dinosaur »
The Monarchist »
Mother's Union »
National Maritime Museum »
National Portrait Gallery »
National Review »
National Theatre »
New English Review »
Nights in the Past »
On This Day »
Open Europe »
Pajamas Media »
Piddingworth »
Point-to-Point »
Polo »
Powerline »
Royal Academy »
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew »
Royal Horticultural Society »
Royal Opera House »
Royal Shakespeare Company »
Royal Society of St. George »
Samizdata.net »
Say Uncle »
Shailer »
Sharon Chadha »
Steyn Online »
TaxPayers' Allliance »
The Ten O' Clock Scholar »
This England »
Welfare State We're In »
WSJ Opinion Journal »
UKIP »
UKIP Bournemouth West »
UKIP West Sussex »
Victory Caucus »
Woodlands Web »
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Contributor Masthead Design: Linda Wettengel

Sportscar Image:
Joe Malchow dartblog.com

Small boy on beach:
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