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Plogging: Europe’s bizarre eco-friendly fitness craze
The first finisher crossed the line sweaty, tired and almost black with dirt, his white Decathlon shirt turned gray and his…
Tan Ikram and the corruption of the justice system
The case of the ‘paraglider girls’ just keeps getting worse, exposing a criminal-justice system that seems to have become riddled…
Mökki life and Moomin minutiae in Finland
Moomins are synonymous with Finnish culture, like saunas, porridge and mökki (summer cottages). The large-snouted white fairytale creatures feature in the Moomin…
In search of the quintessentially British afternoon tea
It is a strange coincidence that both my sister and I, born and raised in Scotland, have married Americans. I…
The Long Room, a reliable Chicago bar with all the essentials
I was sipping a beer on the patio behind Ten Cat Tavern with my friend Charlie, debating which was the…
How to do St. Patrick’s Day like an Irish American
For a country like Ireland, as devoted to its faith as to a good party, the fact that St. Patrick’s…
Why has Vladimir Putin endorsed Joe Biden?
Who does Vladimir Putin want to win the US presidential election this autumn? Last night, the Russian president gave an…
The pension bomb facing Generation X
Happy birthday to me. Today I turn 48. I’m celebrating in an age-appropriate way: a trip to the physio for…
How Nicola Sturgeon saved the Union
It may seem perverse to claim that the former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon saved the Union between Scotland and…
Republicans show their fecklessness with Mayorkas
What is decadence? In popular usage, it is synonymous with “excess,” especially of a sensual or appetitive nature. I am…
Celibacy isn’t cool
Abstinence doesn’t typically come to mind when you think of Valentine’s Day. But this year it coincides with Ash Wednesday…
Edinburgh University’s new rector must save it from gender ideology
Simon Fanshawe has been installed as the rector of Edinburgh University. The arrival of the comedian and Stonewall dissident to…
Journalists are out to censor the French GB News
Left-wing journalists have won a huge battle in France against CNews, the country’s most popular news channel. France’s Council of State,…
Congress is a very silly place
The news that China Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher won’t run for reelection in his safe Wisconsin district may have…
Britain’s unemployment figures can’t be trusted
Britain’s unemployment statistics are unreliable, and the Office of National Statistics is experimenting with a new method of counting the…
How to get through Lent
Well, it’s a pig of a coincidence to have Ash Wednesday coinciding with Valentine’s Day. So, at the start of…
Why is Meghan launching another podcast?
In one of the many quotations spuriously attributed to Winston Churchill, the former prime minister was supposed to have said…
The problem with the ‘paraglider girls’ ruling
Yesterday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, three women were convicted of terror offences for wearing clothes or carrying signs that appeared to…
The Body Shop won’t be the last high street chain to collapse
The collapse of the retail chain The Body Shop marks a new low in the sorry tale of Britain’s shops…
Inflation stays at 4 per cent – despite Red Sea disruption
The government had been facing two economic challenges this week, ahead of the by-elections in Kingswood and Wellingborough: the publication…
Will the Tories be wiped out like the French Republicans?
Vote for me or you’ll end up with Keir Starmer. That was the threat from Rishi Sunak on Monday evening…
Lionel Messi shouldn’t have been in Hong Kong in the first place
Football has turned messy in Hong Kong. Last Sunday, the beleaguered Hong Kong Chinese Communist party was hoping for a…
Israel has to invade Rafah if it wants to destroy Hamas
When news broke that Israel planned to start an offensive in the city of Rafah, in the southern part of…
The fight for civilization in higher education
The idea that Western civilization ushered in an age of oppression, cultural destruction, environmental degradation and all manner of human…
David Cameron is taking a harsher line on Israel
Lord Cameron has shown again this afternoon how much the government’s tone on the conflict in Gaza has changed recently.…
