World
It’s time for Congress to take back its war powers
On March 29, more than twenty years after the United States commenced Operation Shock and Awe in Baghdad, the Senate…
The kidnapping of a journalist and Russia’s descent into thugocracy
It’s a crude but inescapable fact of history that many states had their origins in better-organised bandit gangs. It’s a…
The sex lives of writers
A fellow writer recently asked me if I would prefer to be famous as a great writer or famous as…
How trans ideology took over our schools
Concern with what schools are teaching about sex, gender and relationships has been growing. Parents worry their children are being…
Amsterdam’s lazy campaign against British tourists
Amsterdam has launched a campaign telling rowdy Brits to stay away. Men between the age of 18 and 35 are…
Rishi Sunak now sees a future for fossil fuels in Britain
The location of Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps’s net zero relaunch today shows there has been a change of emphasis…
Joining CPTPP shows Britain is finally seizing the benefits of Brexit
Even the most ardent Brexiteers would likely admit that the UK has been slow to embrace one of the biggest…
The Tories should think again on targeting Netflix
If you want to understand the curious attitude of our government towards media freedom, look at two provisions in the…
Putin’s crackdown on Russia’s school children
In Russia, nowhere – and no one – is safe from the insidious reach of Putin’s war in Ukraine. In April 2022, during a school…
Cost-cutting in the kitchen with Budget Bytes
Have you heard about the latest food trend sweeping the nation? It’s called “whimpering over your grocery bill.” In the…
Humza Yousaf’s cabinet will do little to unite the SNP
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has risked widening the split within the SNP by effectively ousting Kate Forbes from the…
Why Germans are going wild for King Charles
King Charles III is going down a storm in Berlin. Hundreds of wellwishers have turned out to greet the King…
In defence of landlords
Whisper it millennials, but YIMBYism (Yes In My Back Yard) might be gathering momentum. Recent surveys have found more people agree than…
The Good Friday Agreement hasn’t solved Northern Ireland’s troubles
Northern Ireland is a few weeks out from a Davos-style gathering of the great and the good to mark 25…
Westminster School and the sad decline of boys’ schools
Westminster School, one of Britain’s oldest public schools, has announced it will go fully ‘co-ed’ from 2030. Having first admitted girls to…
The plan to house migrants on barges could soon come unstuck
Frank Sinatra once sang about the seductive properties of bright and shiny ephemera. ‘Her heart will sing, singa-linga, wearing baubles,…
Is the cult of victimhood turning violent?
This week I read the most extraordinary and chilling statement. It was issued by a fringe group called the Trans Resistance Network.…
Is Macron heading for his Margaret Thatcher moment?
There was a sense of foreboding in France at the start of this week. After the anarchy of last Thursday…
Will cruise ships solve the migrant housing crisis?
In an ironic twist, cruise ships are being hailed as the latest measure to help ‘stop the boats’. Most Fleet…
Who is torching Russia’s military recruitment centres?
The last twelve months or so in the post-Soviet sphere have been, among other things, the year of the Molotov…
Did Ernest Hemingway have CTE?
It was July 2, 1961. Ernest Hemingway was three weeks shy of his sixty-second birthday. He had been living comfortably…
Nikolai Patrushev, the man dripping poison into Putin’s ear
If I were to have to pick the figure in Vladimir Putin’s inner circle who scares me the most, it…
Rishi Sunak is pulling the rug out from under renters
Rishi Sunak is having a busy week. After announcing his crackdown on anti-social behaviour over the weekend, he set out…
Why I’m afraid of transphobia
J.K. Rowling’s Twitter feed “creates trans phobias,” writes Washington Post gender columnist Monica Hesse. Listening to Rowling, says Hesse, is…
Gary Lineker scores a victory over the taxman
The good news just keeps coming for Gary Lineker. The Match of the Day host has won his appeal against…
