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Ralph Leonard
@buffsoldier96.bsky.social
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Promethean with Dionysian proclivities. Conservative Marxist. Red Devil. Bylines: Unherd, New Statesman, Sublation Magazine, Quillette and The Freethinker

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One can get very addicted to Ghost of Yotei's photo mode.
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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One can get very addicted to Ghost of Yotei's photo mode.
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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My latest piece for @unherd.com
on the tensions between 'Christian nationalism' & the universalism of Christianity (supposedly being revived) vis-à-vis immigration.

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Is Christian revivalism at odds with nationalism?
This week Reform UK’s only black branch chair, Neville Watson, quit. While he said he hadn’t faced any racism, he said the tenor of Britain’s migration debate is “doing more harm than good”, citing fe...
unherd.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Is Christian revivalism at odds with nationalism?

By Ralph Leonard @buffsoldier96.bsky.social

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Is Christian revivalism at odds with nationalism?
This week Reform UK’s only black branch chair, Neville Watson, quit. While he said he hadn’t faced any racism, he said the tenor of Britain’s migration debate is “doing more harm than good”, citing fe...
unherd.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Playing Ghost of Yotei
October 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Playing Ghost of Yotei
October 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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I recently wrote an essay on Denis Villeneuve's Sicario & it's relevance a decade on, especially in Trump 2.0 for
@thelastdvd, a new online journal about world cinema set up by Indian cinephiles

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Land of Wolves – The Last DVD
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October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
buffsoldier96.bsky.social
I recently wrote an essay on Denis Villeneuve's Sicario & it's relevance a decade on, especially in Trump 2.0 for
@thelastdvd, a new online journal about world cinema set up by Indian cinephiles

thelastdvd.com/land-of-wolv...
Land of Wolves – The Last DVD
thelastdvd.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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unherd.com
‘Being Anglo-Nigerian myself, I'm just about old enough to remember when British blackness was Caribbean in character’ | Ralph Leonard
unherd.com/2025/10/why-the-right-mythologises-windrush/
Why the Right mythologises Windrush
A fading historical moment? / Babylon
unherd.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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By @buffsoldier96.bsky.social who ought to cross post on here. I don’t read enough right wing stuff to know if it’s true or not, but when someone of Caribbean heritage is in the local paper for some crime, the comments are still poisonous.

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Why the Right mythologises Windrush
unherd.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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"It is crucial for human freedom, indeed for a civilised society, to acknowledge that human beings aren’t simply political or communal animals."

I reviewed Tiffany Jenkins' illuminating history of privacy/private life via @quillette.bsky.social

quillette.com/2025/08/29/s...
Setting Man Free from Men
Tiffany Jenkins’ new book is a passionate defence of the value of privacy. The ability to keep some things private is at the heart of human creativity, freedom, and happiness, she argues. Perhaps even...
quillette.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Portrait of a Young Spanish Woman by Anton Ebert (1880)
August 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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www.compactmag.com/article/the-... The Right Doesn’t Deserve the West | Compact @buffsoldier96.bsky.social
The Right Doesn’t Deserve the West
One of the great lines from Goethe’s Faust states: “What you inherit from your forbears, must be earned before it is owned.” Today’s anti-woke culture warriors would do well to heed this lesson.
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August 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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"Jubilee’s Surrounded is a warped caricature of modern debate. It’s more of a game show than a forum for political dialogue."

I've written about Mehdi Hasan going at it with semi-literate fascists on Jubilee's "Surrounded" via
@unherd.com

unherd.com/newsroom/the...
The Mehdi Hasan Jubilee debate was made for outrage
If you want to lose any remaining faith in the idea of lively, good-faith civil discourse, just watch the latest episode of Jubilee’s YouTube series Surrounded. This time, it was former MSNBC host Meh...
unherd.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
buffsoldier96.bsky.social
That time when the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann was followed by a policeman in Genoa because they thought he was Lenin (he got that comparison a lot).

Source: his autobiography
June 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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I wrote something on the argument over whether Britain should ban the Muslim face veil via @unherd.com

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Burkas are regressive and misogynistic — but they shouldn't be banned
Last week at Prime Minister’s Questions, Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin asked Keir Starmer whether he would consider banning the Muslim face veil “in the interests of public safety”. It brought to mind Fran...
unherd.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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I wrote something on the argument over whether Britain should ban the Muslim face veil via @unherd.com

unherd.com/newsroom/bur...
Burkas are regressive and misogynistic — but they shouldn't be banned
Last week at Prime Minister’s Questions, Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin asked Keir Starmer whether he would consider banning the Muslim face veil “in the interests of public safety”. It brought to mind Fran...
unherd.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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"the BBC permitted Lineker to criticise the human rights record of Qatar when the World Cup was held there; why should the line be drawn when he publicly takes issue with Israel’s human rights abuses?"

My take on the Gary Lineker situation via
@unherd.com

unherd.com/newsroom/gar...
Gary Lineker exit has exposed BBC’s double standards
The BBC has long found itself in a tough spot regarding the question of Israel and Palestine. Supporters of Israel have alleged that the corporation’s coverage of the war in Gaza is biased against the...
unherd.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I've written for @unherd.com on Trump's proposed tariffs for "films produced in foreign lands" and how if it actually happened it would backfire, and, if it led to counter-tariffs, create a big problem for Hollywood.

unherd.com/newsroom/tru...
Trump's film tariffs will backfire on Hollywood
“WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!” was how Trump concluded — with all caps — a vague and grandstanding post announcing that his administration wishes to impose tariffs of 100% on films “coming i...
unherd.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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He really is a just bitchy showbiz guy at heart — and his populism stems from being rejected by pop culture elites
May 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
buffsoldier96.bsky.social
I've written for @unherd.com on Trump's proposed tariffs for "films produced in foreign lands" and how if it actually happened it would backfire, and, if it led to counter-tariffs, create a big problem for Hollywood.

unherd.com/newsroom/tru...
Trump's film tariffs will backfire on Hollywood
“WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!” was how Trump concluded — with all caps — a vague and grandstanding post announcing that his administration wishes to impose tariffs of 100% on films “coming i...
unherd.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I wrote about the Dave Smith-Douglas Murray debate on Joe Rogan's podcast via @unherd.com

unherd.com/newsroom/dav...
Dave Smith-Douglas Murray debate highlights Right-wing fault lines
Yesterday’s much-discussed debate between Douglas Murray and Dave Smith, hosted by Joe Rogan, almost perfectly epitomises the divide on the political Right. Murray is a neoconservative intellectual an...
unherd.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Israel – ein siedlerkolonialer Staat?

Der Zionismus basiert auf dem ethnischen Nationalismus Europas. Doch auch die linke »Dekolonisierungsthese« ist problematisch

Ralph Leonhard @buffsoldier96.bsky.social , 07.04.2025

www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1190...
Israel – ein siedlerkolonialer Staat?
Der Zionismus basiert auf dem ethnischen Nationalismus Europas. Doch auch die linke »Dekolonisierungsthese« ist problematisch
www.nd-aktuell.de
April 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
buffsoldier96.bsky.social
I wrote about the Dave Smith-Douglas Murray debate on Joe Rogan's podcast via @unherd.com

unherd.com/newsroom/dav...
Dave Smith-Douglas Murray debate highlights Right-wing fault lines
Yesterday’s much-discussed debate between Douglas Murray and Dave Smith, hosted by Joe Rogan, almost perfectly epitomises the divide on the political Right. Murray is a neoconservative intellectual an...
unherd.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Der britisch-nigerianische Autor Ralph Leonhard hat ein großartiges und differenziertes Stück über "Israel - ein siedlerkolonialer Staat?" geschrieben. Unbedingt lesenswert.

Auf Deutsch heute im ND.

www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1190...
Israel – ein siedlerkolonialer Staat?
Der Zionismus basiert auf dem ethnischen Nationalismus Europas. Doch auch die linke »Dekolonisierungsthese« ist problematisch
www.nd-aktuell.de
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM