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How a late lunch can save Britain
Britain doesn’t have a productivity problem. We have a productivity mystery. The financial crisis was 17 years ago but still…
Bondi Beach and Australia’s failed multiculturalism
I knew two of the people murdered at Bondi Beach. That beach has always felt like Australia distilled: sun-bleached, open,…
It’s hard to take the Palestine Action hunger strikers seriously
The phrase ‘the silly led by the sinister’ was originally used by the late, singularly great Christopher Hitchens to describe…
What they don’t tell you about Christmas in New Zealand
‘I still think New Zealand the most beautiful country I have ever seen,’ Agatha Christie marvelled in 1922. Evidently she’s…
Death at Christmas
That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those…
Quebec is trying to ban Jesus from Christmas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – but not, sadly, in Quebec. Or at least that’s what the provincial…
America is increasingly worried about free speech in the UK
Of the many political headaches Keir Starmer does not need right now, further American warnings that Britain is suppressing speech…
Banning trail hunting is part of Labour’s endless culture war
If you actually wanted to create a law that would genuinely transform animal welfare in the UK, the sane approach…
There’s nothing Christian about trapping people on benefits
What in Heaven’s name should we do about the benefit bill? And what on earth can be done about it? Both…
The Bazball experiment has failed
England’s cricketers have lost the Ashes, after being defeated in the third Test match in Adelaide by 82 runs. The…
What winning the Ashes means for Australia
This has been a week when Australia could no longer deny the dark stain of anti-Semitism on our national soul.…
My Christmas round robin
Happy Holidays, friends. Think about that word for a moment. Hold it in your sacred space. Surely that’s what the Holidays…
How sustainability stole Christmas
The glitz and glow of the Christmas period, from gently twinkling lights to the fireworks of New Year, is something…
Why weren’t the grooming gangs treated as race-hate crimes?
After months of turmoil, the chair and the terms of reference of the government’s national grooming gangs inquiry have at…
Why Gen Z is relying on death to pay for life
What’s wrong with planning a once-in-a-lifetime holiday? Or dreaming of buying your first home? Nothing, of course – unless it…
How Supreme Court might sway midterms
Each Supreme Court term typically includes at least one explosive case that inflames political passions and captures the public imagination.…
Britain shouldn’t rely on foreigners to guard our prisons
Shabana Mahmood’s plans to reduce migration hit a setback yesterday. It emerged that around 2,500 foreign national prison officers who…
The circus of the Joshua-Paul boxing fight
‘The numbers are putrid, to say the least,’ harrumphed commentator Maura Ranallo at the start of the fourth round of…
Britain’s justice system has failed Andrew Clarke
In 42 months’ time we will be at the start of yet another summer that Andrew Clarke will never see. That’s…
Macron is right: Europe should talk to Putin
‘Macron is right’ is not one of those statements I honestly expected to find myself writing, but when the French…
We shouldn’t shy away from the question of national identity
Please remember not to talk about religion or politics over the turkey this Christmas. It can cause terrible rows. One…
The Epstein files will disappoint Donald Trump’s critics
When I was a boy, Friday nights were time for a new episode of The Rockford Files, a show about…
Has Badenoch bounced back?
Much like Alan Partridge, Kemi Badenoch hopes to have bounced back. After an unsure start to her first year as…
Did Oliver Cromwell really ‘cancel’ Christmas?
It is a cherished myth among Oliver Cromwell’s many critics that our only home-grown military dictator ‘cancelled Christmas’. It gives…
A gun crackdown is easier than confronting Australia’s Islamist menace
It’s hard to disagree with the verdict of former Australian cabinet minister Josh Frydenberg on the Bondi Beach attack. ‘Guns…
