The New Philistines | Samuel Martin
It’s been a hectic month, hasn’t it? The Prime Minister resigns, a new Prime Minister enters office, meets the Queen, and a few days later the Queen dies, instigating a period of national mourning...
Samuel Martin
Samuel Martin is the Editor of the Mallard and student of Politics at the University of York.
The Tory Leadership Wedge | Samuel Martin
As the Conservative Party leadership contest has unfolded, an issue wedge has gradually been inserted into its surrounding discourse. What is an issue wedge? It is a tactical device, not an organic manifestation, that...
You’re Not Alone? Well, You Are Now. | Samuel Martin
Thing haven’t been going well for the University of Manchester. Following the suicide of a postgraduate applicant, who they rejected despite taking his £1000 deposit, they’re now under fire for someone they did let...
Squandering a Revolution | Samuel Martin
Ignore the snarky joylessness of self-important losers and the performative perplexing of Very Serious Political Commentators, the past few days have been hilarious. Brought down by inadvertent kamikaze molester “Pincher by name, Pincher by...
Tories for Revolution | Samuel Martin
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...
Gaddafi, Existentialist, by Charlie Nash (Book Review) | Samuel Martin
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”...
Fact and Fortune: A Note on The Particular | Samuel Martin
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.
2021: A Year In Review
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 Killing of Sir David | Samuel Martin
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...
The Problem is Indifference | Samuel Martin
“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...
