Samuel Martin is the Editor of the Mallard and student of Politics at the University of York.
Whilst writing this, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a no-confidence vote. A vote brought about by, of all things, having an ‘unloicensed’ booze-up. Although he’s allowed to stay in the job, his prospects...
Before I begin, I should note that I intended to write and publish this review much earlier. However, my “university” insisted that I do my “dissertation” because, apparently, it is “important” for my “degree”...
The first approximation, the most intimate and warmest flame, with correspondence to be earnestly followed up or to be dutifully waited on, mends the disjointed nature of life and afterlife.
Columnists / Dustin Lovell / Nathan Wilson / Samuel Martin / Sarah Stook
by Jake Scott · Published January 1, 2022
Every year, the Mallard asks its contributors to reflect on the last twelve months, and the next twelve to come. We are very grateful that this year, as terrible as it may have been,...
On the 15th of October 2021, at around midday, police were called to Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, where a man had reportedly been stabbed 17 times. That man was Conservative MP Sir David...
Columnists / Samuel Martin / Think Tank
by Samuel Martin · Published September 14, 2021 · Last modified September 21, 2021
“If pacifist hostility toward war were so strong as to drive pacifists into a war against non-pacifists, in a war against war, that would prove that pacifism truly possesses political energy because it is...
Columnists / Samuel Martin / Utopia Project
by Samuel Martin · Published March 31, 2021 · Last modified November 20, 2021
On the side of the road, stood a man. Tall, young, and slender he was typical for an officer in the Royal Space Exploration Corps. What was not typical, however, was his countenance. Contrary...
VACCINE WAR As everybody knows by now, the European Union has announced its intention to block vaccine exports going from the Continent to the UK. As everybody also knows by now, the British have...
Comment / Georgia Gilholy / Samuel Martin / William Yarwood
by Jake Scott · Published December 30, 2020 · Last modified February 20, 2021
Every year, the Mallard asks its contributors to reflect on the last twelve months, and the next twelve to come. We are very grateful that this year, as terrible as it may have been,...
by Samuel Martin · Published November 16, 2020 · Last modified February 20, 2021
History is earned. You win the day. And then you win the day after. And then you do the same thing every day until you’re dead. And you’re remembered not for the winning, but because you never lost. Frank Underwood OPENING In the aftermath of the 2020...
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