The New York Times' royal derangement syndrome
First it was Brexit, now it’s the Queen. That the New York Times has a near-pathological loathing for Britain is…
Watch: rehearsals held for the Queen's funeral
Preparations in Whitehall continue at pace ahead of Her Majesty’s funeral on Monday. And for a handful of hardy souls…
Fact check: did Charles make Andrew a Counsellor of State?
What better way to mark the death of the monarch than via some good old royal disinformation? Twitter users have…
New York Times in civil war over WFH
It’s a grim old time in Westminster at the moment. The Queen is dead, prices are up, inflation is rampant…
The Brit-bashing fetish of American broadcasters
Comparing the Russian and American royal coverage of the last few days, you’d never guess which was on the UK’s…
Watch: Charles is proclaimed King
King Charles III has been proclaimed monarch of the United Kingdom. At a ceremony at St James’s Palace – attended…
King Charles addresses the nation
This evening King Charles III addressed the nation for the first time as sovereign. He reflected on his mother’s life-long…
Watch: Theresa May's cheese tribute
There’s a grim mood in parliament today. Across the House, MPs are queuing up to pay tribute to Her Majesty…
Watch: Boris Johnson's tribute to the Queen
There’s a sombre mood in parliament today as MPs gather to pay tribute to the Queen. Over the following days,…
The New York Times’s tasteless Queen op-ed
The Queen’s death has prompted an outpouring of mourning around the globe. But that sense of loss apparently doesn’t extend…
Meghan Markle’s self-centred psychobabble
Move over Liz Truss, the real leaders of our global future are in Manchester this week – not Westminster. The…
Flashback: Truss calls for the monarchy's abolition
It’s Liz versus Liz today as the Queen prepares to kiss hands at Balmoral with Britain’s 56th Prime Minister. While…
Boris's resignation honours list: runners and riders
There’s very much an end of days feel in SW1 right now. With parliament in recess and a Truss coronation…
Truss's Oxford Europhilia revealed
Throughout the leadership contest, Liz Truss has been all too keen to paint herself as a Brexit queen, keen to…
Poll: voters don't want Boris in Truss's Cabinet
The Tory leadership race is almost over and at last a new PM will be announced. Most expect that next…
The V&A's Tory troubles
All political lives, famously, end in failure: but not so for Tristram Hunt, the former Labour education spokesman now recast…
GB News shakes up its stars
The winds of change are blowing through Paddington, with news reaching Steerpike of something of a bloodbath over at GB…
Meghan Markle vs Mariah Carey: who’s the biggest diva?
It’s Tuesday. That means that once again, it’s time to listen to Meghan of Montecito talk about herself on her…
Six of the worst bits of Meghan Markle's interview
‘I have a lot to say’ claims Meghan Markle ‘until I don’t.’ But there’s no sign of such silence happening…
Meghan’s Mandela moment
It seems that the last two years of interviews, podcasts and media briefings actually count as Meghan keeping shtum. Towards the…
Zuckerberg's curious confession
Well, there you have it. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has confirmed that Facebook did indeed censor news of the New York Post’s 2020 Hunter Biden laptop story.…
Meghan’s Archetypes podcast is really all about her
It’s fair to speculate that the head honchos at Spotify might be wondering if their company got enough bang for…
Amol Rajan's University Challenge disaster
Congratulations to Amol Rajan, who adds the mantle of University Challenge host to his burgeoning portfolio of BBC jobs. Rajan…
In defence of Sanna Marin, Finland's partying PM
Party politics is done somewhat differently in Finland. While Boris was hounded out in Westminster for some miserable looking cake…
Team Truss turns on each other at eco-hustings
The Tory leadership teams rolled into Belfast this afternoon, clad in metaphorical red, white and blue and eager to display…
