World
The Easter tradition of women taking men hostage
In a few communities in Victorian England, there was a custom of men tying women to chairs with ribbons on…
Scrapping jury trials will cost us all
For hundreds of years in Britain, juries have been the cornerstone of the justice system. The right to trial by…
Is Pete Hegseth waging a Christian Zionist war?
By pushing religion almost as much as US military might in his war briefings, Pete Hegseth has raised questions about…
Will Trump really obliterate Iran on Tuesday?
Was Donald Trump’s profane and threatening tweet, which included an F-bomb and an allusion to Iran’s leaders as “crazy bastards,”…
Even dirty Russian tricks might not save Viktor Orban
With a week to go until Hungary heads to the polls, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is fighting to save his…
Inside the fearless rescue of the second US airman
‘WE GOT HIM!’ Donald Trump’s announcement was immediate and emphatic. The operation was ‘one of the most daring Search and…
The surprising truth about AI and jobs
Lord Stockwood, the minister for investment, recently floated the idea of universal basic income to cushion AI-driven job losses. Last…
Iran has offered Trump an olive branch
There are few figures in Iranian politics as simultaneously familiar and enigmatic as Javad Zarif. To some in Washington he…
What David Attenborough gets wrong about cats
Here we go again. Last February I wrote about the latest wave of ‘catphobia’ – my new word, do use…
What we really know about the first Easter
A friend who spent much of his life as an archaeologist in Israel once told me that there were three…
Has Canada’s bilingualism gone too far?
Two young Canadian pilots were killed in a tragic accident on 22 March. What should have been an occasion for…
Why James Callaghan was Britain’s most underrated PM
The famous dictum – that all political lives end in failure- was certainly true of James Callaghan. The man who…
The fate of this US pilot could determine the Iran war
Around dawn on Friday, a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle from the US Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron was shot…
The madness of using cannabis to treat mental health
Some days I wonder if I’m going mad – and you don’t need to be a psychiatrist to know that’s not…
Why Israel is introducing the death penalty
A state deciding when it may end a human life outside war is always crossing a line, even when it…
Trump’s oil sanctions relief is a precious gift for Putin
Apart from windfall revenues from higher oil and gas prices and the political leverage that comes from supplying the Global South…
London’s St James’s is losing its soul
London is full of little ecosystems: areas that are distinctive by virtue of their purpose or history and where individual…
Britain needs better missile defences
When the Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Seyed Ali Mousavi, said RAF Fairford was a ‘legitimate target’ on Times…
The remarkable resilience of Israeli art
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem (IMJ) – home to impressive collections of ancient and modern art and some of the world’s…
An appraisal of judicial vulgarity
If you follow the courts, you will certainly have come across Olympus Spa v. Armstrong. On March 12, the Court of Appeals for the…
Why Pakistan is brokering peace in Iran
Pakistan, the world’s only Muslim nuclear power, has traditionally been an international sideshow. No longer. The country has reportedly been…
Trump falls back on ‘you’re fired!’ as midterms loom
Pam Bondi’s departure as attorney general has prompted the usual Kremlinologist speculation. One theory has it that Donald Trump was…
Trump has triggered a wave of European soul-searching
As world leaders grapple with Donald Trump’s second term, his war with Iran has accelerated European multipolarism, with leaders on…
The fate of the Iran war lies in the Strait of Hormuz
Unless something shifts profoundly in the current direction of the US war on Iran, the Iranian regime appears set to…
Why the Met police went soft on crime
After months, years and even decades of dismay about the state of law and order in this country, a leader…
