World
Is Greggs losing its way?
For many, it is hard to overstate the appeal of Greggs, one of those rare high street chains that provides…
Wikipedia’s harmful untruths
There was a time when Wikipedia felt like a miracle: a spontaneous, self-governing lexicon arising from the turbid chaos of…
Jenrick: I’m the drug mule of the Tory party
The Tory conference parties are in full flow and the political speeches are underway. At the TaxPayers’ Alliance reception, shadow…
Shabana Mahmood: Government must ‘stem the rising tide of anti-Semitism’
Shabana Mahmood: Government must ‘stem the rising tide of anti-Semitism’ This week, two Jewish people were killed in a terrorist…
Kemi’s conference welcome speech was strange and funereal
The voice of Keir Starmer echoed round the Conservative party’s conference hall. ‘Free of charge digital ID’ chanted the disembodied…
Philp: we’ll deport migrants guilty of antisemitism
To Manchester, where politicians, members and delegates are gathering for the Conservative’s annual party conference. A number of speeches have…
Why Japan doesn’t care about having its first female leader
Japan is to have a female prime minister. Well, probably. Sanae Takaichi, the 64-year-old conservative veteran, has at the third…
Will this be Kemi’s last conference?
The Conservative party conference kicks off today in Manchester. Dominating the headlines is the long-awaited announcement that the next Tory…
The conservative case for Malcolm X
Five years ago, following the murder of George Floyd, a ‘racial reckoning’ shook the West. For some it was a…
Across the world, Christians are being silenced
Last week, a 75-year-old Christian grandmother was bundled into the back of a police van outside a Glasgow hospital. Her alleged crime?…
The Brits who fought in Ukraine deserve to be remembered
Last week, a West End arts venue hosted ‘Indomitable Ukraine’, a war artefacts exhibition with everything from prosthetic legs to…
Why you need Big Balls
Big nicknames come with big responsibilities. And the owner of one of the mightiest monikers – Big Balls – feels…
The celebrity guide to selective outrage
In the West, outrage has become performance art. It’s not about real causes, but about carefully branded ones that play…
To mark George Floyd or Charlie Kirk?
October 14 will mark the birthday of two very different American martyrs. On that day in 1973, George Floyd was…
The joke’s on Dave Chappelle
The problem with Dave Chappelle taking his comedy to Saudi Arabia isn’t the money they paid him. It’s what they…
My Italian family believe Meloni is complicit in genocide
I would like to ask readers for help. My Italian wife and our six children, aged 10 to 22, believe…
German reunification never really happened
It’s not easy for Germany to celebrate itself. But on Friday, the country tried. At the official celebration festivities for…
Obsolete message: Led By Donkeys in conversation, reviewed
The founding members of Led By Donkeys granted a public interview last Thursday at a theatre in Walthamstow. They were questioned by Guardian columnist…
How we can prevent further anti-semitic atrocities
The atrocious attack on a community of peaceful Jewish worshippers at a synagogue in Manchester yesterday shocked us all. But…
Why is Scottish Labour so upbeat?
Scottish Labour may be down but they’re not out. The polls have not been moving in their favour over the…
So long, G-A-Y
The G-A-Y Bar in Soho’s Old Compton Street is to close for good this weekend. It opened in the mid-1990s,…
Inside London’s embassy parties
Like the new school year, ambassadors to Britain usually change each September. Among those leaving this summer are the German,…
The truth about life in migrant hotels
A string of fairy-lights is the only item dividing the hotel room Shayan, 12, shares with her 14-year-old brother, Roman.…
Seven minutes and a lifetime of terror at my Oxford synagogue
Like thousands of Jewish people, I was in synagogue on Thursday when the news came. My community and I were…
How Britain should help Europe build its ‘drone wall’
When Defence Secretary John Healey announced that Britain would help build a European ‘drone wall’, he was right to push the…
