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…
Whoopi Goldberg and the problem with progressive America
The Holocaust wasn’t about race because Jews are white. This is the through-the-looking-glass position in which progressive America now finds…
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…
Why won't Joe Biden stand up to Iran?
This week marks two years since Iranian terror mastermind Major General Qassem Soleimani was torn apart by a Reaper drone missile…
Inside Joe Biden’s disastrous negotiations with Iran
One of the West’s great foreign policy failures of 2021 was the Iran nuclear negotiations, which remained bitterly unresolved as…
Welby, Israel and the meaning of persecution
I arrived in Colombo the morning after the attack and went straight to the morgue to identify some of the…
Mossad is prepraring to strike at the heart of Iran’s nuclear programme
Iran is about to be hit by a fresh wave of Mossad operations, sources in Jerusalem have told me. This…
How does Azeem Rafiq explain his past behaviour?
Azeem Rafiq is not having a good week. In addition to having to issue a grovelling apology for antisemitic messages,…
