British Thought Leaders

The Idea We Can't Afford to Have Children Is a Shocking Indictment of Our Society: Ashley Frawley

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with journalist, author, and sociologist Ashley Frawley for the second half of this interview. Frawley talks about falling birth rates, how modern life and institutions attack the family, and the dangers of a society that doesn’t live for the next generation.

When We Give Up Treasuring Human Life, We Give Up on Progress Completely: Ashley Frawley

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with journalist, author and sociologist Ashley Frawley in the first of this two-part interview. Ashley talks about people she knows from her home nation of Canada who have resisted pressure to choose assisted death, what the UK can learn from the Canadian situation, and why treasuring life is what makes human beings great.

A Hugely Significant Change Is Happening in Western Civilisation: Jacob Phillips

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with author and theologian Jacob Phillips to talk about Englishness, British values, the culture wars, and why he believes obedience is the path to freedom.

It's a Major Failing That the Horrors of Communism Are Not Taught in Schools: James Bartholomew

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with James Bartholomew, author, journalist and director of the Museum of Communist Terror. Bartholomew says Britain’s education system is failing children by not teaching them the horrors of communism, which has taken more than 80 million lives.

Britain's Urbanites Need to Understand How Important the Countryside Really Is: Dominic Wightman

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Dominic Wightman, editor of Country Squire, for the second half of this interview. Wightman talks about the massive differences between the lives of rural folk and urbanites, and why those who live in cities should try to understand how important the countryside is to their own existence.

We Need to Protect Farmers—Britain's Food Security Is at Risk: Dominic Wightman

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Dominic Wightman, editor of Country Squire, to talk about the recent farmer protests, why the success of farming is crucial to everyone in Britain, and the pressures affecting the people who produce our food.

The Supermarket Nanny State, Bad Forecasting, and the Green Movement: James Woudhuysen

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with James Woudhuysen, visiting professor of forecasting and innovation at London South Bank University, to talk about supermarket technology enforcing nanny state propaganda, whether modern forecasting has a bad reputation, and why he sees the green movement as messianic.

The Hong Kong I Loved Is Lost Forever—Everyone Is Terrified of the CCP's Tyranny: Chloe Lo

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Chloe Lo, a former Bloomberg reporter in Hong Kong, to talk about the loss of freedoms and the unjust imprisonment of supporters of democracy after Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule. In speaking out against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tyranny, Lo said she has lost her family, her life savings, and the city she loved.

Saying End of Life Bill Has World’s Strictest Safeguards is ‘Very, Very Misleading’: David Paton

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with professor David Paton to discuss the End of Life bill and why he opposes the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Paton talks about his research into the effects of legalizing killing on suicide rates and what we can learn from other countries that have normalized euthanasia.

Without Freedom in Our Universities, Our Progress in Human Knowledge Will Stall: Abhishek Saha

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Professor Abhishek Saha, founding member of London Universities' Council for Academic Freedom, who explains why the currently paused Higher Education Act is crucial for academic freedom and our wider society.