World
When does a banking wobble become a crisis?
Can a banking crisis really be going this well? After a week of panic withdrawals and a crashing share price,…
Snapchat is playing God with our children’s wellbeing
My kids have a new friend. If you have teenagers, chances are yours do, too. And it is a friend…
What’s behind Putin’s digital crackdown on draft dodgers?
With the break-neck pace with which it tends to respond to measures coming from the Kremlin, this month Russia’s parliament…
How the gender debate shaped the new face of moralism
Disruptions of feminist meetings by trans rights activists have become commonplace in recent years. Tactics include pressuring venues, blocking entrances,…
Is Wrexham’s Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending?
Wrexham’s Hollywood dream seems almost too good to be true. The club spent years in the doldrums of the Welsh…
Why don’t the Tories want to help genuine asylum seekers?
It’s not the genuine asylum seekers that Suella Braverman and her crew are determined to prevent reaching our shores, we are…
Will US colleges’ brand power survive falling standards?
Nike. Supreme. Ralph Lauren. Abercrombie and Fitch. Harvard and Yale. On the streets of Budapest, style-conscious teenagers have collapsed the…
Can Britain become the Saudi Arabia of carbon capture?
Boris Johnson wanted to make Britain ‘the Saudi Arabia of wind’. But Grant Shapps is keen to send Britain’s green…
The legacy of Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel
Monday night marks the fashion calendar’s most overrated, overcovered event: the Met Gala. Each year it’s the same. The outfits…
Blairite ‘nepo babies’ are the worst of the lot
When the singer Lily Allen found herself flak-catching recently, she was quick to point out she was the OK kind…
Is Elon Musk a genius or a dud?
When he bought Twitter in October last year, Elon Musk set out a bold vision for the bird app. The…
Like Putin’s Russia, Bulgaria has become a mafia state
In a historic speech to the US Congress on 12 March 1947, President Truman addressed the menacing spread of Communism…
Why ‘woke’ doesn’t have the moral high ground
The much-overused word “woke” — basically meaning “to be at all moments of the day and night conscious of racial…
The Guardian’s shameful double standards
The Guardian thinks of itself as Britain’s fearless liberal conscience, trigger-sensitive to racist ‘dog whistles’ in the language and editorial…
Xi Jinping is acting like Stalin
The General Secretary of China’s Communist Party is a different kind of leader. Now in his third five-year term, Xi…
Our nanny state holds back Britain’s young
Clever people often believe that their cleverness gives them the right to control other people. Nowhere is this more manifest than…
Is Joe Biden really fit to run in 2024?
Kim yo-Jong, the powerful and influential sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, has launched a savage personal attack on…
Why the Covid cycling boom isn’t over yet
Social distancing. Test and trace. Face-masks (what was wrong with just ‘masks’? Nobody could ever tell me). Clapping. Substantial meals.…
Is the West preparing to sell out the Afghan people again?
While the Taliban continues to double down against women in Afghanistan, the UN appears to be wanting to normalise relations…
Can Labour’s ‘no money’ note still work magic for the Tories?
It’s back! The scrap of paper left in 2010 by Labour’s outgoing chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne for…
The troubling truth about ‘gender affirming’ mastectomies
When Sinead Watson had a double mastectomy in June 2017 at the age of 26, she was initially ‘quite euphoric.’…
Can Ukraine afford to keep paying its soldiers a fighting salary?
What salary should a soldier receive in a war-torn country? Obviously, there is no number that can make up for…
Can under-25s be trusted?
The government’s proposal to overhaul and tighten betting laws, ostensibly to target problem gamblers, has understandably raised concerns about government…
Are we about to witness the comeback of Meghan Markle?
Seasoned observers of Meghan Markle – and by now, surely, there cannot be any other kind – might be forgiven…
The oppressor of Hong Kong should be banned from the coronation
The government is making a mistake in turning a blind eye to China’s plans to send a high ranking politician…
