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Dua Lipa’s β€œBanned” Books Are a Joke

15 July 2026 at 15:05

Not only are Dua Lipa's "banned" books not banned, most of them are the opposite, says Nick Dixon: approved literature pushing regime propaganda. They sit uncomfortably next to some true classics.

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An Indecent Man

23 June 2026 at 15:16

No sooner has Starmer quit then media voices pipe up claiming he was a "good man". This, of course, is nonsense, says Nick Dixon. His two-tier, tin-eared response to the Southport murders showed he is anything but.

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Why I’m Glad Publishing Has Destroyed Itself

14 June 2026 at 15:00

Sensitivity readers, racist gatekeepers, editing by committee – mainstream publishing has been destroyed by woke gobbledegook. The silver lining? Substack is thriving because publishers have failed to discover good new writers.

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Long 90s: The Last Good Decade

13 June 2026 at 17:00

Lately, Nick Dixon has been suffering from β€˜Long 90s’: the ailment whereby one feels a sudden and almost unbearable desire to return to the 1990s. It can strike at any time and particularly affects men over 40.

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Why Books and Movies and Life All Suck Now

9 June 2026 at 19:00

Maybe it's the midlife crisis talking, but the racist purge of straight white men from arts and entertainment has degraded all books and films, says Nick Dixon, and left behind only meaningless, endless culture war.

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