What Jeremy Vine gets wrong about cyclists
I can’t believe we need to say this, but here goes: Motorists should not pull over to allow cyclists to…
Yes, Bradley Cooper’s fake nose is anti-Semitic
Bradley Cooper is not anti-Semitic. If he was, he’d surely have let it slip by now; as Mel Gibson proved…
A Saudi-Israel peace deal would be a game-changer
It emerged this week that the head of the Mossad, David Barnea, slipped quietly over to Washington in July to…
Not all cyclists support Sunak’s war on traffic control
My fiancée wants to put a sign up outside our house demanding that the speed limit be reduced to 20mph.…
Netanyahu’s judicial reforms are not the end of Israeli democracy
Watching Israel tear itself apart this week has been like seeing your best friend embarrass himself at a party. The…
The Coutts scandal shows the trouble with going cashless
The outrage over the cancelling of Nigel Farage’s bank account has uncovered the lengths to which elements of the British…
Children need to fight back against political indoctrination
There’s something troubling happening in our schools. In art class, my children have been instructed to make Black Lives Matter…
We don’t need bike vigilantes – cyclists already own the roads
Last week, Jeremy Vine shared a video of a motorist being abusive to a cyclist. Nothing new there, I hear…
Don’t condemn Israel for defending itself
Car-rammings, shootings, stabbings and bombings targeting innocent men, women and children are a constant fear for Israelis. This morning, seven…
Italy’s crackdown on cyclists is a step too far
What are the politics of your bicycle? An interesting question. I’d like to say that mine is an expression of…
What’s the point of tilting the statue of Vienna’s antisemitic mayor?
Tilting a statue. That’s the solution now. At least, that’s what a jury appointed by Vienna city council has recommended…
Snapchat is playing God with our children’s wellbeing
My kids have a new friend. If you have teenagers, chances are yours do, too. And it is a friend…
Why the Covid cycling boom isn’t over yet
Social distancing. Test and trace. Face-masks (what was wrong with just ‘masks’? Nobody could ever tell me). Clapping. Substantial meals.…
It’s no surprise the pandemic boom in cycling is over
In modern society, we live with a conundrum: there’s no need to endure physical discomfort of any kind, but unless…
The case against school uniform
On a normal morning in Winchester, the streets are crowded with sullen teenagers mooching in sleepy phalanxes to school, scruffy…
We must remember the unique atrocity of the Holocaust
At the heart of marking the Holocaust lies a conundrum. On the one hand, genocides happen all over the world,…
Harry, Meghan and the troubling erasure of Christmas
H and M – no, the other brand – are causing trouble again. ‘Sussexes send out Happy Woke-mas card to…
The troubling rise of the Israeli far-right
Something troubling has happened in Israel. The previous government, before it collapsed earlier this month, had been remarkable for its…
Channel 4's Hitler art show is no laughing matter
Can Channel 4 sink any lower? The TV channel has purchased a painting by Adolf Hitler so that a studio audience…
The bizarre story of the ‘Jewish Taliban’
One of the more bizarre stories to have hit the headlines in recent days was the unsuccessful attempt by police…
Sri Lanka's revolution looks doomed
Reporting from Sri Lanka over the years has left me with mixed memories. On the one hand, there’s the horror…
Could Ukraine learn from the Mossad Nazi hunters?
Since the start of the war, many comparisons have been drawn between Israel and Ukraine, not least by President Zelensky.…
Anti-Semitism is alive and well in Britain's schools
My children have never felt the need to hide their Jewishness. That’s the heart of it, I suppose. A few…
What would prime minister Corbyn have done about Putin?
Jeremy Corbyn’s question in the House of Commons this week filled me with the relief of catastrophe averted. Addressing Defence…
Licoricia and the forgotten expulsion of England’s Jews
About three minutes’ walk from my house in Winchester is Jewry Street. It runs from the Theatre Royal at one…
