Why are the police boasting about how useless they are?
If you’ve been in the City of London recently, you’ll likely have seen one of the blue plaques that have…
Why the silence over the MP banned from Hong Kong?
This time last week there was near universal outrage on the left – and even from some Conservative MPs –…
Who cares if Kemi Bandenoch has watched Adolescence?
Watching Kemi Badenoch being interviewed this morning on the BBC, I couldn’t help but think of one of the public…
Labour’s grooming gangs position is contemptible
We do not know exactly how many girls have been raped by so-called ‘grooming gangs’. We do not know the…
David Lammy’s Israel hypocrisy
I suppose we should name it the ‘Lammy Doctrine’, after the Titan of global diplomacy we are so privileged to…
Three cheers to Wigmore Hall for breaking free from Arts Council England
Tonight, I’m going to hear Joyce DiDonato, one of the greatest living sopranos, sing Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise. On Saturday…
Bridget Phillipson has a lot to learn from Donald Trump
Over the past few months, I’ve wished that almost anyone was education secretary instead of Bridget Phillipson, who seems to…
Has the UN hit rock bottom?
The word ‘surreal’ barely does justice to what’s been happening in recent weeks. Quite apart from the possible collapse of…
Why was Syria’s president ever treated like a centrist dad?
There’s an old journalistic maxim: If it bleeds, it leads. But some crucial words are missing from the end: If…
Are we forgetting the lessons of VE Day?
There is a grim irony in today’s announcement of the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day on 8…
Europe and the death of Nato
There has been no more effective and successful defensive alliance in history than Nato. The unity and determination of Nato’s…
A charity boss cancelled for ‘Islamophobia’ has won an important victory
It sometimes feels as if there is never any good news in the fight to preserve freedom of speech in…
Tory Nimbys are walking into Starmer’s trap
The government has yet to formally announce its widely trailed decision to expand Gatwick, Heathrow, and Luton airports. But that…
