
Simon Lincoln Reader
Simon Lincoln Reader grew up in Cape Town before moving to Johannesburg in 2001, where he was an energy entrepreneur until 2014. In South Africa, he wrote a weekly column for Business Day, then later Biznews.com. Today he is a partner at a London-based litigation funder, a trustee of an educational charity, and a member of the advisory board of the Free Speech Union of South Africa. He travels frequently between California, the UK, and South Africa. All on his green passport.
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Bagehot, Ms. Blue and the rape-gang audit: a bad week for the UK
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Jun 20, 2025
In July 2023 England hosted the Australian cricket team at Lords, and a moment of curious sportsmanship on the field led to a confrontation off

National Dialogue? Not with these people
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Jun 13, 2025
I have rules I apply whenever I see an “eminent persons list”. I take the names and assess whether any of them would either lead

No audible gasps … just laughter
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Jun 6, 2025
You can’t keep complaining about the policing of expression without acknowledging victories, however far or under-emphasised. On the weekend in Los Angeles, Ricky Gervais was

The fall and fall of the BBC
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . May 30, 2025
Last week the BBC was more animated than at any time I can remember. Not just BBC News Africa, but home base too – actually

What was Rupert doing in the White House?
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . May 23, 2025
Every story is actually the same story: another weekend, another scandal, another former prominent Conservative MP. A decade ago I lost the capacity to be startled

The most dangerous place to be an Afrikaner ally
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . May 16, 2025
Some years ago, I came up with the design for a badge: “Afrikaner Ally”. But it didn’t matter if its reference was to Pierneef or

Consenting adults and incongruent realities
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . May 9, 2025
There’s a lively story circulating Westminster involving groups allegedly attached to the Liberal Democrats, the UK’s third-largest political party. In some Home Counties there are

Too much alcohol and South Asian takeaway fried in seed oil …
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . May 2, 2025
I wasn’t thinking clearly when I asked News24’s in-house doxxer Kyle Cowan earlier this week if he’d seduced the African man his ex-partner accused him

The worst supervillain
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Apr 25, 2025
Before James Bond converted to Islam, before he got knocked up in a Palestinian refugee camp, and before he was given a prize for social

How to be a good diplomat
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Apr 18, 2025
Around December last year an X account began attracting attention in the UK. It belonged to a man called Hiroshi Suzuki and he had recently