Remembering Gore Vidal
Fourteen years ago, my then boss, Matt d’Ancona sent me off to interview Gore Vidal. I’ll always be grateful to…
The French buy-out that explains Macron’s strategy
It’s a platitude that France and Britain are rivals and have been for centuries. But, since the 1904 Entente Cordiale,…
Will China blockade Taiwan?
Xi Jinping has made it very clear over the years that he is determined for China to reunite with Taiwan.…
Iran and Russia: the new Axis of Evil?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tehran last week brought attention to a growing partnership between Russia and Iran. The…
Don’t blame the unvaccinated
Deborah Birx was the White House Covid response coordinator under President Donald Trump. Jeffrey Tucker recently wrote a brutal takedown of…
Andrews doesn’t know when to leave
Political aspirations can often be read by having a look at whose bust dominates a politician’s personal office space. Winston…
We will win China’s war
In his 1966 book Tragedy and Hope, Carroll Quigley noted that the Chinese communist regime in the 1950s was insanely aggressive.…
The social mobility case against grammar schools
Plenty of Conservative party members won’t like this article. I apologise in advance for that: I know grammar schools are…
How Rebekah Vardy went from underdog to ‘Cry-Bully’
It was Depp vs Heard and Best Of Breed at Crufts rolled into one: yes, the Wagatha Christie gravy-train came…
The crisis of Generation Z
The youth aren’t doing well – not in America, at least. Even before Covid, experts were ringing the alarm bells…
Poll: Tory voters prefer Truss over Sunak
The Tory leadership races is a tale of two approaches: Liz Truss appears to be campaigning to win the party…
The triumph of Truss
This week has seen a dramatic development that has taken the Westminster Village by surprise: Britain suddenly has an identifiable…
Sunak and Truss have no answer to the big problem facing the West
You will never measure the depth of our troubles if you listen to the contenders for the Tory leadership. Rishi…
Is France capable of hosting next year’s Olympics?
Five years ago, Paris was named the host city for the 2024 Olympics. How the country celebrated. No one more…
Is the death penalty making a comeback?
It’s been a busy week for hangmen. In Japan, Tomohiro Kato, a 39-year-old man, was hanged at a Tokyo prison…
A tribute to my friend James Lovelock
The scientist James Lovelock died this week at the age of 103. He was best known for his Gaia theory,…
TikTok can’t escape its China problem
In 2020, then-president Donald Trump attempted to ban the wildly popular social media app TikTok. Its Gen Z influencers were…
The author is (not) dead
As long as individuals interact with one another, someone is going to wind up offended from time to time. The…
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Making inflation great again
The Albanese government have made excellent use of the long winter break, taking advantage of the warmer weather in the…
Brown study
Unfortunately, we live in times of rampant corruption in civil society and a complete lack of integrity and morals in…
When Harry met Roe
The Duke of Woke takes on the US Supreme Court
Transition to lunacy
Climate catastrophists are in denial about our dependence on fossil fuels
Build back better bathrooms
Hotel designers didn’t get the memo on aesthetics and practicality
China’s port, Sri Lanka’s storm
Colombo’s crisis is Beijing’s opportunity
