High life
Gstaad It is hard to imagine that we have reached the year 2022 and are still imposing completely irrelevant…
The year of living dangerously
Atrocities, assassinations and spectacular accidents were just some of the horrors that marked 1922, says Richard Davenport-Hines
For experts, they are sure fudging a lot of statistics
When you analyse data, at times, you’re trained to be skeptical. The classic data tropes apply. Correlation isn’t causation. For…
Will universities declare their China funding?
Britain’s leading universities are just one sector having to grapple with the recent decline in UK-China relations. Barely six years…
The energy crisis is a failure of politics
Many of the thorniest problems of politics come down to the same thing: timeframes. Big problems generally require solutions that…
Get ready to start paying the cost of Covid
Forget the desirability (or lack thereof) of tax hikes: can Britain survive them? That’s the economic question that kicked off…
I stand with Novak Djokovic
Is anyone else alarmed by the widespread glee at the way Novak Djokovic has been treated by the Aussies? The…
What the Capitol riots and the plot to stop Brexit have in common
It’s not often that browsing the genteel aisles of Waterstones reminds you of madmen storming the Capitol in buffalo-horn helmets,…
Australians ‘open’ to becoming RAT addicts
Sudafed-style ID checks are about to be brought in to make sure Australians don’t end up as RAT addicts. 2022…
Hating on Novak has become a national sport
The whole country is hating on Novak Djokovic right now because he had the courage to do what most of…
Australia’s giant green gamble on solar energy toys
By the time solar energy reaches Earth’s surface, it is spread very thin – even midday sunshine will not boil…
The numbers don’t lie – or do they?
Since the beginning of the Covid era, much of the focus has been around numbers. Case numbers, hospitalisations, ICU admissions,…
Biden’s Capitol speech shows how much he needs Trump
Joe Biden delivered. There was no somnolence, no quiescence. Instead, Biden lashed into his predecessor in unprecedented fashion to offer…
Have we reached peak human rights?
After the Colston debacle, you might be forgiven for having missed the other legal story that broke this week. The…
Are J.K. Rowling’s goblins really anti-Semitic?
Is J.K. Rowling anti-Semitic? Yes, I know. It’s the first week of 2022 and this question is being asked, after…
Bloodshed in Kazakhstan could spell trouble for Putin
Russian troops have now arrived in Kazakhstan in a desperate bid to halt the tide of violence that has swept…
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter ban is nothing to celebrate
Marjorie Taylor Greene is nuttier than M&M World. Not your garden-variety conservative, or even a conservative at all, but a…
Novak Djokovic is treating Australians like mugs
Just minutes from the heart of Victoria’s capital, Melbourne Park is one of the great tennis complexes. For a fortnight…
The problem with rewilding
The government has gone wild. Under new plans, just announced by Environment Secretary George Eustice, farmers and landowners in England could…
The Capitol riot transformed right-wing activism in America
The invasion of Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021 represented the rise and fall of pro-Trump anti-governmental activism in a…
What’s happening in Kazakhstan?
Since the start of the new year, riots have spread throughout Kazakhstan. In the former capital of Almaty, the airport has…
What really matters in the Covid culture wars?
During the grimmest days of the First Crusade in 1098, the western Christians found themselves besieged by the Turks in…
Attention Liberals: your country needs you
The Liberal Party platform, with its values and freedom, is the best way to ensure a happy and thriving democracy.…
The New Year’s Eve exorcism for ABC viewers
ABC viewers manifested as if undergoing an exorcism when Tina Arena ended the national broadcaster’s New Year’s Eve telecast by…
The four horsemen of the economic apocalypse
The appearance of Covid brought a resurgence of fears of Armageddon. Conscious of mankind’s imperfections, ancient settled societies envisaged a…
