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The Belfast attack raises questions about Ireland’s borders
As is so often the case following riots, attention on symptoms drowns out discussion about the cause. This pattern has…
Sweden shows that not all immigrants are the same
I’m just going to say it. Not all immigrants are the same. I know that reading that might make you…
How many people did Australia’s backpacker murderer kill?
Australians are known for world-class performances in many fields. Mostly, our achievements are a source of national pride, but one…
South Africa’s migration warning to the West
For months, South African social media has been awash with videos of men marching through the country’s streets carrying sticks,…
The cringeworthy rebranding of Bristol’s SS Great Britain
If you live or work in Bristol, it’s impossible to escape the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s shadow – but that…
Why can’t Elon Musk’s critics just be pleased for him?
The quiet kid from my friend’s school has become a trillionaire, and many people are unhappy that this should be…
Rebel with a cause: The David Hockney I knew
For six years, in the 1990s, I was David Hockney’s ex-pat English next-door neighbour in the Hollywood Hills. A rickety blue…
The MoD wanted more money. Does it deserve it?
John Healey, the former defence secretary, resigned on Thursday because the government wouldn’t give defence more money. Experts, military chiefs,…
Kim Kardashian deserves better than Lewis Hamilton
I’ve always been keen on Kim Kardashian, going right back to the earliest years of her family reality show. At…
Will peace be the perfect gift for Trump?
Donald Trump’s 80th birthday is this weekend, and what better present for a struggling octogenarian Commander-in-Chief than a peace deal…
The Muslim Council of Britain is losing relevance
It’s nearly time for the Muslim Council of Britain’s annual general meeting, where its new leadership will be elected. Alas,…
Is Britain still Great?
London, one of John Le Carre’s characters reflects in The Night Manager, is ‘the land of make-believe power’. These lines…
How London became Poland’s second capital
When Keir Starmer and Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk met at RAF Northolt to sign a Polish-British security and defence…
How iPhones became birth control
A new study has found that smartphones are a likely cause of falling American birth rates. Economists Caitlin K. Myers…
Despite it all, I love the World Cup
It was nearly 9pm in the Puskas Arena. Gabriel sunk to his haunches. Red flares went up in unison in…
My Memorial Day pilgrimage to a Pennsylvania Walmart
Here in the US, Memorial Day – which falls on the last Monday in May – is, officially, an occasion…
Donald Trump, Iran and the art of a peace deal
In a now-familiar pattern, US President Donald Trump announced an imminent escalation in the stand-off with Iran on Thursday –…
The aircraft carrier which shows the deep flaw in Britain’s navy
The 400-mile-wide stretch of water between the Svalbard archipelago and the mainland of northern Norway has a nickname: Bear Gap.…
Starmer is facing the beginning of the end of the end
This is not the end, but it’s well past the beginning of the end, or even the middle of the…
‘We’re only a few months away from the first political assassination by drone’
‘We’re only a few months – perhaps years at most – away from the first political assassination by a drone’.…
The lesson of Belfast’s riots
On Ardoyne Road on Wednesday afternoon, the original conflict resumed. Two loyalists passed a couple of nationalists, and they exchanged…
Starmer vows to fight on (again)
Not even the resignation of a respected defence secretary will stop one Sir Keir Starmer from ploughing ahead with his…
The vindication of ‘Sophie of Dundee’
So ‘Sophie of Dundee’ has been vindicated. The Scots girl who was so sickeningly defamed by the digital left stands…
Britain’s high quarterly growth is an anomaly
Is the economy not just resilient but flourishing in the wake of the Iran war? GDP in the three months…
The rise of Palantir Derangement Syndrome
A late spring outbreak of righteous indignation is affecting Britain. It’s yet another variant of Palantir Derangement Syndrome. Virologists tracked this…
