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Why the ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism has been disowned
In an academic world where scholars regret seeing their cherished theories vanish into the knacker’s yard, Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is…
David Miliband would be a disastrous foreign secretary
At the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks memorial lecture at the LSE this week, David Miliband ‘broke his silence’ after days of…
Death, schism and conspiracy: Orkney’s renegade Catholic monks
A tiny island in the Orkneys. A renegade group of Catholic monks who have rejected every Pope since the 1960s.…
Starmer’s Britain is ineffectual and sinister
The phrase ‘Starmer’s Britain’ was first articulated three years before he got power. At 6:28 p.m. on 9 May 2021,…
The problem with the Timms review
The interim report of the Timms review of Pip is a walking contradiction. With the cost of the Personal Independence…
My debt to Ann Widdecombe
Somewhere at the bottom of the Fleet Street food chain is the hapless junior reporter known as the ‘milk bottle’.…
Why I love The Office
‘That’s so Brent.’ You’ll hear that phrase a lot. I hear it a lot. I grew up in Willesden Green,…
England and Norway should unite
Tonight, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane should be playing together, not against each other. Partially because Haaland is a Yorkshireman,…
The secret behind Norway’s extraordinary football success
On paper, England should beat Norway in their World Cup quarter-final clash today. They have the Premier League: the richest…
What Odysseus taught me about spying
Homer’s Odyssey is a sweeping, layered epic. It reflects the legacy of an oral tradition of singers and storytellers from…
In praise of Anthony Gordon
In an age in which we continue to hear so much about our ‘anxious generation’, it’s heartening to read about…
America is still gripped by the gerontocracy
What do senior Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and Iran’s new Supreme Leader have in common? Not a lot, except that…
Westminster reels at Ann Widdecombe murder probe
Westminster is reeling from the news that police believe Ann Widdecombe, the former shadow Home Secretary, was murdered. She was…
Man arrested in connection with Ann Widdecombe’s death
A 26-year-old man has been arrested this evening by Devon and Cornwall police in connection with the ‘suspicious’ death of…
A tribute to Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe has died at the age of 78. Devon and Cornwall Police have launched a murder investigation into her…
Madrid is introducing benefits for unborn children
Madrid’s regional parliament has passed what is being called the ‘conceived unborn child’ law. As soon as a pregnancy is…
Does the public back Farage’s by-election gamble?
One of the hottest debates in Westminster today is whether Nigel Farage’s decision to quit as an MP and trigger…
Badenoch would be wrong to boot net zero backers from the Tories
No-one has spent more time opposing Britain’s net zero target than me. I wrote a whole book on it as…
Burnham’s HR whips department won’t work
Now that he’s officially the Prime Minister in waiting, Andy Burnham is trying to work out how to stop Labour…
The violent rage of North African hooligans
A police officer was hospitalized on Thursday night in London as Moroccans vented their fury at losing to France in…
Britain should embrace the Twelfth of July celebrations
The annual Twelfth of July celebrations are about to take place in Northern Ireland, over a long and hopefully sunny…
England is still learning to love Jude Bellingham
Jude Bellingham has been England’s star man at the World Cup. In England’s 3–2 victory over Mexico on Monday, the…
Revealed: The Green party push to ease sanctions on Iran
The Green party is considering lifting economic sanctions on Iran and improving diplomatic relations with its fundamentalist Islamic regime, The…
The Home Office must ignore Pakistan and deport Shabir Ahmed
Shabir Ahmed, the leader of the Rochdale rape gang, is for now a free man, living in the UK, having…
The MPs nominating Burnham are about to be disappointed
Journalists are split, the old joke says, about whether or not North London is the centre of the universe. Half…
