Justice betrayed
It was always an inherently implausible accusation: that Australia’s most senior Catholic prelate had sexually assaulted choir boys after Mass…
In the trenches
I can hardly recall a more engaging and uplifting biography than this life of Major-General William Holmes, who was killed…
George Pell: Behind Bars
This is the prison diary that should never have been written because Cardinal George Pell should never have been in…
Decency personified
The life of Paul Ramsay shows that business people don’t have to be ruthless to succeed. Many will find this…
Smith not Mill
For a long time in this country, conservatism was the political creed that dare not speak its name. The term…
Stone not gathering moss
If you are part of that multitude of Australians who fear that our country is drifting backwards – becoming less…
Tony Abbott: Why I changed my mind about multiculturalism
Spectator writers, past and present, were asked: ‘When have you changed your mind?’ Here is Tony Abbott’s response: A rather…
Religion of peace?
This easy-to-read volume of essays, each originally published in the journal of Catholic culture, Annals Australasia, is an important caveat…
Tony Abbott: My heart leapt when Boris Johnson became prime minister
If Britain is to be a free country, the difficulties of leaving simply have to be faced. Now, I know…
Diary
For the past three years, I had been looking to say something strong and substantial about Brexit. I first had…
Ex-Pollie Pedal
Maybe it wouldn’t surprise you to know how constrained and routine most MPs’ lives become. It’s day after day of…
No deal? No problem
Britain, we’re led to be believe, is heading for the worst catastrophe in its history. Officialdom is warning that a…
Tony Abbott: How to save Brexit
It’s pretty hard for Britain’s friends, here in Australia, to make sense of the mess that’s being made of Brexit.…
Mysterious ways
This is Greg Sheridan’s best book because it is his bravest. He tackles an important subject in a challenging way…
Australian diary
The frustrating reality of public life is that there’s usually a lot less to show for it than the headlines…
Trump notes
Trump’s America is doing better than it seems The other week I was trying to elicit some interest in politics…
Climate diary
My previous key speech in London, in October 2015, was to call for rational border protection policy. This time it…
The sentimental socialist
Having done something similar myself, I wondered how Bill Shorten would handle the challenge of a campaign biography. My book,…
Australian diary
Some months back, head of government duties meant that I had to decline an invitation to give the Thatcher lecture…
Davos Diary
‘Shaping a better world’, the theme for this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, was nothing if not…
