Modi’s cheetah rewilding project is coming unstuck
Political vanity projects come in all shapes and forms but invariably turn out badly. One such is India’s ‘Project Cheetah’,…
Sunak’s mother-in-law has divided India with her views on spoons
Sudha Murty, the Indian billionaire and philanthropist, who also happens to be Rishi Sunak’s mother-in-law, has something of a fixation…
Iran’s morality police can’t save the mullahs forever
Iran’s so-called morality police, loathed and feared in equal measure, are back patrolling the streets of the country. They temporarily…
India’s sinister attempt to censor Oppenheimer
Anurag Thakur, India’s information and broadcasting minister, is hopping mad about a sex scene in Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster film Oppenheimer.…
Sunak is wrong to invite MBS to London
Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the Saudi throne, certainly leads a charmed life. He spent several days in Paris…
Why won’t James Cleverly stand up to Iran?
The Foreign Office is making a big mistake in failing to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist…
Aussie cricketers have nothing to apologise for
The world of cricket suffers from an unjustified moral superiority complex. This explains the periodic howls of outrage when a…
Prepare for the Saudi tennis takeover
The self-serving ethical blind spots of some of those in charge of running international sport never ceases to amaze. Step…
Nato’s leadership race is a miserable advert for the alliance
Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, has conceded defeat in his bid to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as secretary-general of Nato. Wallace…
Joe Biden is wrong to roll out the red carpet for Narendra Modi
On taking office, Joe Biden promised a new approach to foreign policy based on prioritising democratic values and human rights.…
India’s war on Charles Darwin is a step too far
What is it that India’s rulers find so objectionable about Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory that they’ve banned his…
The Saudi blood money takeover of sport is complete
Some of football’s biggest names are revealing themselves to be shameless mercenaries on a scale that is staggering even by…
Javier Tebas and the racist shame of Spanish football
The vicious racist abuse of Vinícius Jr – the Real Madrid and Brazil star – points to something rotten at…
Muslim activists can’t cancel The Kerala Story
Britain’s cinemas are in danger of becoming the new front line of protests from angry religious mobs demanding the cancellation…
Will India ever get back the Koh-i-Noor diamond?
India has not yet got its hands on the Koh-i-Noor, despite the county’s many efforts to retrieve the diamond from…
The oppressor of Hong Kong should be banned from the coronation
The government is making a mistake in turning a blind eye to China’s plans to send a high ranking politician…
Why are so many Indian migrants crossing the Channel?
Indians now make up the second-biggest cohort of Channel migrants: 675 Indians arrived in small boats in the first three…
Angela Merkel doesn’t deserve to be honoured by Germany
It must rank as some form of political satire that Angela Merkel has been awarded Germany’s highest political honour. Not…
Shame on those who abandoned Peng Shuai
No one really expects much in the way of principles or morality from those charged with running international sport. The…
York doesn’t need Unesco world heritage status
The Unesco world heritage status award is a curious kind of international beauty contest in which historic locations vie to…
Is Elon Musk really a ‘free speech absolutist’?
Elon Musk, the Twitter owner, is in his own words a ‘free speech absolutist’. He promised to combat censorship and allow…
Elon Musk is wrong to call for a pause on the AI race
On 2 August 1939, Albert Einstein – at that time the most famous scientist in the world – put his…
Humza Yousaf and the myth about Britain’s diversity problem
Humza Yousaf, the new First Minister of Scotland after his victory in the SNP leadership election, deserves his moment in…
Pakistan deserves better than Imran Khan
Democracy and the rule of law have always struggled to take hold in Pakistan, a country in which no elected…
It’s time to end the City of Culture charade
It is something of a mystery why being named UK City of Culture is seen in some quarters as a…
