South Africa is a breath of fresh air compared to Britain
You only realise how depressing it has become to live in Keir Starmer’s Britain when you land in Cape Town…
Labour MPs would be mad to ditch Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer used to be our MP and I have always had a soft spot for the blinking dafty ever…
Daylight robbery
Why won’t banks help fraud victims like my daughter?
Brexit means Boris
A few months before he died in 2007, the famous journalist Bill Deedes asked if I would come to see…
Brexit means Boris
A few months before he died in 2007, Bill Deedes asked if I would come to see him at his…
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What Nelson Mandela really craved in prison: Pond’s Cold Cream
So much rubbish has been written over the years by those who feared, revered or pretended to know Nelson Mandela…
A toe-curling tragedy
Zac Goldsmith’s London campaign was an embarrassment
The halo slips
Peter Popham is commendably quick off the blocks with this excellent account of the run-up to last November’s Burmese general…
Pen pal
A real writer sticks to his nibs
Getting Nixon taped
Simpsons star Harry Shearer on what it takes to play the president
