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Forgive Stephen Fry for supporting Stonewall
There has been much indignation at the roll-call of those ennobled in the New Year Honours. There’s been bewilderment that…
Where have Russia’s Zs gone?
A social media post on 30 December: photographs of admittedly-splendid new year decorations in Moscow, archly captioned ‘back to 2021.’…
The problem with ‘diversifying’ the curriculum
As an English teacher, one of my favourite poems to teach, to pupils of almost all ages, is Chinua Achebe’s…
Which political party leader had the best year?
It’s been an eventful year in British politics, with a snap general election and multiple leadership contests keeping political journalists…
Gareth Southgate’s knighthood is a reward for failure
Some of football’s greatest names have been knighted for their achievements in the game. Sir Alf Ramsey received his gong…
China’s hacking frenzy has reached the US Treasury
When Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves visits Beijing in January on a mission to improve ‘economic and financial cooperation’…
How some atheists fell for the new religion of gender identity
The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is probably not on the radar of most people in the UK. It’s a US-based non-profit…
Why has ‘decolonising’ Sadiq Khan accepted a knighthood?
If you are going to give gongs for public service, I guess a three-times elected London mayor ought to be…
Why is Israel being blamed for the battle of Kamal Adwan Hospital?
Every good reporter knows you never bury the lede. You never smother the key point of a story with fluff…
Are Christians allowed to judge the promiscuous?
I was planning to give my mother-in-law the new biography of Ronald Blythe this Christmas. Then I read a review…
The joy of Kemi and Farage’s Christmas feud
A feud can be very tedious and tiring if you’re one of the combatants. But let’s be honest: for onlookers,…
Why Germans love Dinner for One
On his first state visit to Germany as monarch last year, King Charles III cracked a joke only Germans would…
Vodka and the Beatles on a New Year’s Eve in Narva
Narva, the northern Estonian city right on the border with Russia, has been much in the news of late. Not…
Most-read 2024: A Christian revival is under way in Britain
We’re closing 2024 by republishing our five most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 1: Justin Brierley’s article from our…
The legacy of Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter will be remembered as a decent, honorable man of faith, who lived a productive life according to those…
The best tech of 2024
Best headphones (and earbuds) Bose QuietComfort Ultra & Austrian Audio Hi-X65 Noise-canceling headphones have gotten pretty great over the past…
Sadiq Khan gets a knighthood
Farewell to 2024, the year in which no incumbent was safe. Whether it was the Democrats in the White House…
Elon Musk is the real leader of the opposition
No wonder the left hates X so much. Elon Musk is using it to carve himself a role as Britain’s…
When will Keir Starmer ‘smash the gangs’?
It’s been a busy Christmas in the English Channel. The small boat arrivals have continued at a startling pace through…
The downside of charity
I blame Charles Dickens, personally: he of David Copperfield, Little Nell, Oliver Twist and, of course, Tiny Tim. He’s the…
Jimmy Carter was a master of conflict resolution
On 29 December, former US president Jimmy Carter died peacefully at his ranch house in Plains, Georgia, at the age of…
Angela Rayner’s devolution plans encourage petty authoritarianism
Hidden in the hot air of Angela Rayner’s devolution white paper published just before Christmas – there are promises, for example, to…
Jimmy Carter’s mistake was telling America it was wrong
It’s hard to think of a political oration that has backfired as famously as Jimmy Carter’s ‘crisis of confidence’ speech,…
Jimmy Carter offered dignity in failure
He was the peanut farmer from Georgia who rose to become the leader of the free world. Jimmy Carter, who…
The Jeju Air crash ends a terrible year for South Korea
This year will go down in history as an annus horribilis for South Korea. December alone has seen a series of crises.…
