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Why museum exhibitions have become so expensive
Queuing for up to two hours to enjoy a fleeting encounter with the Bayeux Tapestry is not the only sign of history lovers’ dedication.…
Voters deserve better than Andy Burnham’s gimmicks
“It’s a long time since I’ve been asked for ID,” confessed Andy Burnham, holding a pint of Guinness and offering…
Burnham’s Brexit babblings have already backfired
It was back to the future in the House of Commons today. After their weeks of backslapping and self-delusion, MPs…
Civil servants threaten strike over demands to work less
Civil servants never cease to amaze with just how lazy and entitled they can be. Not content with switching on…
Does John Healey really have a £35 billion Budget black hole?
The headlines today say John Healey has a £35 billion hole in his Budget. The figure comes from the Institute…
Nigel Farage is shrewd to keep the focus on illegal migration
Reform today pledged the ‘biggest mass deportation programme’ in UK history, as Nigel Farage thrust the issue of illegal migration…
The Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger doesn’t deserve to die
A man died on Saturday after entering the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Emergency services were called to the…
John Healey faces an impossible task at the coming Budget
Twelve billion pounds a month, £3 billion a week, or £420 million a day. If we divide the latest estimate…
Why can’t French politicians stop having dangerous liaisons?
Léa Salamé is one of the most familiar faces on French television. For the past month, however, she has been…
Burnham’s Brexit conspiracy theory hits the buffers
Oh dear. Andy Burnham’s attempt to smear Brexit as the product of a sinister Russian disinformation campaign has already been…
Can Mrs Clegg save Spain?
Miriam González Durántez, the wife of Britain’s former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, has launched a new political party to…
Why aren’t all executions public?
There is a boring, snooty, self-righteous school of thought that the judicial killing of a human being is a grave…
Trump will regret it if he attacks the Houthis
Donald Trump has opened up the prospect of America being drawn into a wider Middle East conflict, effectively a second…
Sydney Sweeney and the joy of being Jewish
It doesn’t overstate the case to say that the past week has been particularly distressing for Britain’s Jewish community. From…
Burnham needs to realise the EU isn’t the club we left
Andy Burnham doesn’t only want a ‘reset’ of relations with the EU. The Prime Minister has hinted that he is…
Trump has found his midterms scapegoat
Donald Trump has called for President Zelensky to be removed from office. The US President is furious following a series…
Pilates is pseudoscience
Pilates has long been mocked as the regimen of middle-aged Manhattan neurotics. Samantha from Sex and the City was an…
Labour is destroying the trust of Britain’s military veterans
The British government is navigating rough waters with its current approach to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill 2024. It is…
Why are a woman’s eggs worth $220,000?
Jade, 27, shows me the email she’s just received, offering to buy her eggs ‘to help an Asian couple build their dream family’. As a Harvard student who helps me with…
When did British architecture become so boring?
Nowadays, no one takes much interest in the Stirling Prize. But there was a time when the award, the winner…
Driving into London is a form of psychological torture
Whether or not you are a Kemi Badenoch supporter, her comment that people get into more trouble for driving slightly…
Why is livestreaming an execution so gross?
Livestreaming the execution of mass murderer Nidal Malik Hasan is a moral outrage but no one can explain quite why.…
On mental health treatment, the middle ground is right
British healthcare moves in pendulum swings between one extreme and another, often without much material improvement for patients. Just look…
How Islamo-leftism came to Berlin
Berlin is a wonderful city, even if its hipster vibe is a bit much for a square like me. The…
Mulholland Drive makes perfect sense
When David Lynch’s film Mulholland Drive was released in American cinemas 25 years ago this Monday, the critic Roger Ebert…
