Aussie life
We are constantly being told that the Uluru Statement is an invitation from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people…
Language
Is ‘wellness’ really a word? It was coined in America (where else?) in the late 1950s to mean: ‘the state…
The West’s last chance
Mid-term turning point
Letter from Turkey
‘Oh, you’ll hate it, Julia. It’s men talking about cars all the time. Really, really boring. You drive all day,…
Beyond the cringe
In Competition No. 3274, you were invited to supply toe-curling analogies. Bad writing has attracted some high-brow fans. J.R.R. Tolkien…
The turf
The dozen recommended in May left us with a decent profit
Real life
With only five to ten more years to work out how to log in to my pension plan I need…
Low life
A dear friend came to stay for two nights. Could I be persuaded, wondered he and Catriona, on the first…
Election notebook
Washington, D.C My local polling station is a Christian Brothers high school set amid football fields and parking lots.…
False advertising
An advert for jobs in the prison service has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority because it portrays an…
Austerity is back
It’s the Chancellor who will deliver next week’s Autumn Statement, but every-one knows it will have been ghost-written by Rishi…
Divided states
America’s only clear election winner is paranoia
Meatloaf
Meatloaf has some obstacles to overcome: it has an unprepossessing appearance, and an uninspiring, slightly off-putting name, which it shares…
Better to rebuild than argue over reparations
‘Reparations’, much bandied about at Cop27, is a dangerous word. It speaks of an admission of historic guilt, which no…
Kamala’s blagging it
We throw around pejoratives such as ‘Idiot!’ a bit too carelessly, because then when we need to flag up genuinely…
Letters
Running the asylum Sir: The interview with Robert Buckland must be the most depressing article I have read for a…
Portrait of the week
Home Sir Gavin Williamson resigned from the cabinet as minister without portfolio following publication of texts he had sent (annoyed…
