World
How to become a ‘salad freak’
Imagine a summer morning in Southern California. You rise with the sun in a palm-shaded bungalow and stroll to a…
What the rise of Vox means for Spain
Vox, the most right-wing of Spain’s mainstream political parties, has emerged considerably strengthened from Sunday’s local and regional elections. With…
Erdogan made himself indispensable – to Turkey and the West
Some Turks voted for the devil they knew. More voted for the hero they knew. Either way, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…
Europe’s rightward drift and the myth of backwards Britain
It is an idée fixe among British Europhiles that continental Europe is a progressive place firmly wedded to left-wing parties…
How much compensation should contaminated blood victims get?
The Financial Times estimated on 10 May that the impending compensation relating to the UK haemophilia treatment misadventure around 1980…
Erdogan’s debts are piling up
President Erdogan once again emerged victorious in Sunday’s presidential elections. In the highly contested race, he secured 52 per cent…
The next Chinese tech threat is already here
In recent years we’ve had fierce debates about the safety and security of Huawei, 5G, TikTok, semiconductors, ChatGPT and artificial…
The French academic paying a heavy price for probing the Muslim Brotherhood
Loitering by the entrance, I clock a large gentleman with tattoos crawling up his neck from underneath his collar. It’s…
The trouble with Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra
It’s the worst thing to happen to Cleopatra since that snake in the mausoleum. Queen Cleopatra is the second season…
The legal challenge to assisted suicide
Lonnie VanHook was preparing to board the train to Oregon when his body gave out. The Navy veteran is accustomed…
Are electric vehicles really the future?
It’s a cloudless spring day, made for a country drive. Chartreuse trees explode with pollen and glow to near neon.…
Why Erdogan won
This was supposed to be the year when Recep Erdogan would finally come to grief. Instead, he has defied the…
The malign influence of Mermaids is becoming increasingly clear
While I was writing about the latest scandalous revelation involving the children’s charity Mermaids and the Tavistock Gender identity development service (GIDS)…
Diversity and inclusion doesn’t belong in the maths curriculum
In March, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) – an independent body which oversees standards and quality in UK…
Fixing food prices is a recipe for disaster
It wasn’t long ago that supermarkets stood accused of selling food too cheaply. Their price wars and two-for-the-price-of-one deals were…
Let’s call time on football’s absurd beer ban
When Qatar announced an alcohol ban at last year’s football World Cup, there was uproar. The decision, made public a…
‘I’m a singer, not a politician’: An interview with Ukraine’s Eurovision winner Jamala
Tucked in the margins of the recent Eurovision Song Contest was Jamala’s 30-second cameo of 1944, her winning song from…
Conservatives are blaming civil servants for their own failings
Conservatives are once again doing what they do best: whining. By ‘conservatives’, I don’t mean conservatives in any meaningful sense,…
What Phillip Schofield teaches us about public morality
On one level it’s all fluff and gossip, but the Phillip Schofield story actually raises some interesting questions about what…
Does BBC Verify need to review the Beeb’s own output?
Much has been made about the BBC’s new Verify service, launched last week. According to the Corporation’s glutinous press release,…
French sport has been plunged into crisis
The head of the French Olympic Committee has resigned just over a year out from the Games’ opening in Paris.…
Has New Zealand found the key to the UK’s housing crisis?
It may be difficult to imagine a housing crisis more dismal than the one Britain is experiencing right now, but…
American bully XL dogs should be banned
The American bully XL is, despite its name and reputation, said to be good with children and a friendly dog.…
Record numbers of Russian soldiers are going Awol
Few Russians go willingly to fight in the ‘meat grinder’ of Ukraine, where Russia has faced as many as 100,000…
How trans ideology came for therapy
One afternoon in May 2021, as I was sat at my desk, an email notification from my university course appeared…
