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Kim Jong Un’s North Korean culture war
If there’s one thing that a despot wants, it is to stay in power. North Korea’s totalitarian Supreme Leader, Kim…
Why can’t Germany kick its addiction to Russian energy?
Despite imposing economic sanctions on Russia, the European Union has been importing record amounts of liquefied natural gas (LNG), a…
What Luis Rubiales’s trial will reveal
The trial of Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, starts in Madrid on Monday. After Spain…
Immigrants won’t fix Britain’s baby crisis
The fertility rate of foreign-born women is almost a third higher than that of UK-born women, according to new analysis. And yet, even the foreign-born…
Are Syria’s Christians safe?
On a street corner in the old town of Damascus, rugged men with rifles stare sharply at passers-by. Despite their…
Liz Kendall’s benefits crusade could make or break Labour’s fortunes
Could Liz Kendall turn out to be the most significant figure of Keir Starmer’s government, and a Chancellor in the…
Iran’s Donald Trump dilemma
To talk or not to talk? This is the slogan that’s doing the rounds among the Islamic Republic of Iran’s…
Germany’s crumbling far-right firewall could turbocharge the AfD
Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democrats, stumbled in his bid to end Social Democrat-Greens domination of migration policy.…
How many more knife attacks can France take?
Each day in France there are 120 knife attacks. On Saturday, one such incident resulted in the death of 14-year-old…
Myanmar’s plight shames the West
Four years ago, Myanmar’s fragile, nascent quasi-democracy was snuffed out after less than a decade of experimenting with limited reform…
Why we should heed warnings about weight loss jabs
Embarking on the quest to lose weight can be a risky business. Yo-yo dieting, compulsive binging, muscle wasting and brain…
In defence of Slough
In the 1930s, Sir John Betjeman wrote a poem calling for bombs to fall on it, in 2001 David Brent…
Iran’s Donald Trump dilemma
To talk or not to talk? This is the slogan that’s doing the rounds among the Islamic Republic of Iran’s…
Doctor Who fans – and its writers – need to grow up
Doctor Who, which started back in 1963, is often spoken about with a curious reverence as though it were something…
What Kim Jones’s departure means for Dior
Last Friday afternoon, amid the menswear shows for Paris Fashion Week, a crowd of influencers, shoppers, celebrities and fashion journalists…
Media partisans weaponize plane crash tragedy
For the past several years, the air traffic I see out the windows of my office has been constant —…
Channel 4’s diversity hypocrisy
Some good news for the BBC: for once it’s not them causing bad headlines. Today’s latest shining example in public…
The Sara Sharif family court judges should have been named far sooner
There is something of an anti-climax in the naming of the judges involved in the Sara Sharif case. It’s true that…
Nats blast Humza in ministerial interview series
Uh oh. There’s more trouble in nationalist paradise. A series of interviews with past and present Scottish government ministers have…
Priti Patel’s migration defence was a serious misstep
This week looks to be a significant one for polling in British politics. For the first time, every poll released…
Australia’s Jews are living in fear
Just when it seemed Australia’s anti-Semitism crisis couldn’t worsen, it has. This week, it was disclosed that a caravan loaded…
Will Trump follow through on his tariff threat on Canada and Mexico?
No one can really act surprised if Donald Trump pushes ahead with substantial tariffs on Canada and Mexico tomorrow. ‘Tariff’…
Sacrificing farmland for net zero is a big mistake
Yesterday it was a court ruling to invalidate licences for oil and gas extraction in the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields.…
Why was this convicted murderer released to kill again?
The details of the terrible murder of Sarah Mayhew are almost too appalling to bear, but one question stands out…
Kate Middleton must not become the new Diana
In the inimitable words of The Smiths (or, indeed, Carry On Cleo, where they borrowed it from), stop me if…
