When travel unravels
Recently, with some regret, I declined an invitation to play chess in the Netherlands. I fancied the trip, but alas…
There’s something about dairy
The latest film from Andrea Arnold (Red Road, Fish Tank, American Honey) is a feature-length documentary about a cow, starring…
Once upon a time, long, long ago
Philip Hensher explores the origins of fairy tales
After Boris, who?
Even Boris Johnson’s longest-standing supporters now think he might be on the way out. His admission that he attended a Downing…
The divided states of Australia are ‘all in this together’
Thank you Mr Morrison. It took Australia about fifty years or more of knowledgeable debate from 1850-99 to become a…
Ted Cruz’s glorious about-face on January 6
Despite the best efforts of the media, the Democrats, and Liz Cheney, the Capitol protests of January 6 refuse to…
Boris’s dwindling bunch of supporters must now come clean
Oh for heaven’s sake, come off it. British politics has long had a comfortable relationship with the absurd but this…
James Treadwell and the true meaning of ‘cancel culture’
There’s an inherent contradiction at the heart of liberal thinking that perpetually raises its head. It’s one which has become…
‘We failed’: Denmark’s media is waking up to its flawed Covid coverage
‘We failed’. An editorial in Ekstra Bladet, Denmark’s leading tabloid, berates the Fourth Estate – including itself – for failing to…
Will Britain now take the threat of Chinese espionage seriously?
The UK has long been aware of the risk of cyber-attacks emanating from China. Back in 2007, the head of…
Joe Biden’s voting rights smears
President Joe Biden delivered one of the most demagogic speeches of any modern president on Tuesday. You might say it…
Britain is finally waking up to China’s influence operations
The biggest surprise in Thursday’s security warning about a Chinese agent seeking to influence British politicians is that it came…
The truth behind Jen Psaki’s whataboutism
President Joe Biden delivered one of the worst and most widely condemned speeches of his presidency earlier this week in…
The meritocrat and the aristocrat
What a pair are Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew — like peanut butter and petroleum jelly, like pepper and road…
Challenge to WA mandatory vaccination orders set to go to trial
At a hearing on January 12, 2022, Justice Jeremy Allanson of the Supreme Court of Western Australia determined that Senior…
Morrison has picked the wrong battle (again)
There is an old adage that goes as follows: choose your battles wisely. It is one that guides not only…
Big Pharma is no better than Big Tobacco
As I stated in my speech On Freedom in August 2021: ‘On many occasions in the last year I have…
Prince Andrew’s royal excommunication is complete
Prince Andrew has been well and truly cut adrift. By his only family. From birth, he was styled His Royal…
The decline and fall of Prince Andrew
The final judgement, when it came, was phrased with admirable economy. This evening’s statement from Buckingham Palace said simply that:…
Will anyone stand by Prince Andrew now?
Well, at least someone’s having a worse week than Boris Johnson. For the Queen has announced this afternoon that Prince Andrew has…
Schwarten’s ‘Covid logic’ cruelly divides Queenslanders
It’s far past time that people stop playing politics with Covid, as former ALP Old Guard enforcer Robert Schwarten did…
In defence of Boris: would his replacement be any better?
Keir Starmer, aided and abetted by Boris Johnson’s many internal enemies within the Conservative party, has managed to get into…
Chinese spy suspect infiltrates parliament
As if there wasn’t enough drama in parliament today. Peers and MPs have just been warned that a suspected agent working for the…
Could this tree planting scheme bring down Israel’s prime minister?
Planting trees is not usually a controversial activity, especially in the eco-conscious twenty-first century. But as ever, the rules are…
Nicola Sturgeon’s disturbing attack on the rule of law
Lawyers with an awkward agenda can be a thorn in the government’s side in Scotland as much as in England.…
