Archive - The Biggar Picture

The Atomic Bombs

The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was—tragically and dreadfully—justified.

Aug 12 •

The Shameful Chagos Fiasco

It's virtue signaling again, plain and simple.

Aug 6 •

July 2025

The Drayton Icon and Intellectual Vice

My encounter with the senior historian upon whom the Church of England has chosen to rely in justifying its flawed policy on slavery-reparations

Jul 28 •

A critical commentary on Church Commissioners’ historic links to African chattel enslavement

The Church of England is not built on slavery.

Jul 24 •

Ill Met by Moonlight

The story how of two British commandos kidnapped a Nazi general. And quite a few of my holiday photos.

Jul 22 •

Don't Panic. Trust the Plan.

Kemi Badenoch has things in hand.

Jul 10 •

June 2025

Is Canada Built on Stolen Land?

The question is much less simple than progressives imagine.

Jun 30 •

While I'm on the Subject of Reparations...

Yes, the attack on British history consists of a dense matrix of lies.

Jun 26 •

Should Scotland Pay Reparations for Slavery?

Jun 23 •

The Ideology of 'Settler Colonialism' and its Poisonous Influence

Review: Adam Kirsch, On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice

Jun 13 •

Learning to Live with Trident

On the Morality of Nuclear Deterrents

Jun 3 •

May 2025

The West Exists

What the Chinese know and Kwame Anthony Appiah Doesn't

May 29 •

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