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Is this the end of black over-representation in advertising?

4 October 2025 4:00 pm

The advertising industry, so painfully obsessed with ‘diversity’ in TV commercials, has been publicly criticised for a lack of diversity…

How Sarah Mullally can fix the Church of England

4 October 2025 3:30 pm

Regardless of whether Sarah Mullally was our preferred choice for the new Archbishop of Canterbury, we should wish her well in her appointment. I hesitate to…

Mamdani declares war on excellence

4 October 2025 1:12 pm

New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has a bold plan for the city’s schools: phase out the Gifted and Talented program…

What Trump really wants from Venezuela

4 October 2025 1:12 pm

When the headlines scream “narco-wars” and pundits wag their fingers about “fentanyl,” it is tempting to reduce Donald Trump’s Venezuela…

Trump has boxed in Netanyahu and Hamas

4 October 2025 8:41 am

Hamas did not wait long to accede to Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan – or at least accept it…

Sip shots and stuff your face, it’s shutdown season

4 October 2025 4:12 am

With the federal government shut down indefinitely, paychecks are going to be light or non-existent around DC, putting disposable income…

Why won’t the Left call out anti-Semitism for what it is?

4 October 2025 3:35 am

If they were from any other minority, no one on the left would have the slightest trouble denouncing the deaths…

Sarah Mullally’s appointment gives me hope

4 October 2025 2:55 am

‘I look forward to spending the next seven years with you,’ said Bishop Sarah Mullally at the Diocese of London’s…

Patricia Routledge was the model great British thespian

4 October 2025 2:42 am

It is the fate of any actor or actress who is inextricably associated with one major role that, when they…

The ‘shadow fleet’ tanker raid was pure theatre

4 October 2025 1:58 am

The news footage was satisfyingly reminiscent of Mission: Impossible. Masked French commandoes swarmed up the side of the rusty oil…

Watch: Lammy heckled at Manchester synagogue vigil

4 October 2025 1:54 am

In Manchester, a vigil is taking place after Thursday’s horrific terror attack left two people killed and three seriously injured…

Kemi is right about the Climate Change Act

4 October 2025 1:29 am

According to Theresa May, Kemi Badenoch’s promise to repeal the Climate Change Act is a ‘catastrophic mistake’. Writing for The Spectator today, Ed Shackle,…

Does Prince William need to ‘change’ the British monarchy?

4 October 2025 1:05 am

Of all the people who might be expected to get revelatory public comments out of the Prince of Wales, the…

We’re making the same mistakes after the Manchester attack

4 October 2025 12:59 am

The terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue – on the morning of Yom Kippur – can be described as a…

Kemi’s Northern Ireland Brexit blunder will continue to haunt her

4 October 2025 12:20 am

Ahead of the Conservative party conference this weekend, party leader Kemi Badenoch has, once again, demonstrated her lack of suitability…

What was Jeremy Corbyn doing in South Africa?

4 October 2025 12:17 am

Jeremy Corbyn has spent a lifetime attaching himself to lost causes abroad and failed movements at home. Now, as the…

Britain can’t pin Manchester’s attack on ‘assailants alone’

4 October 2025 12:11 am

Ministers aren’t always the quickest to take accountability in a time of crisis. So, it is easy to see why,…

Humza Yousaf: Manchester attack had ‘nothing to do with Islam’

3 October 2025 11:13 pm

What was your reaction to the attack on a synagogue in Manchester yesterday? Most right thinking people, you’d hope, simply…

The issues that will haunt the new Archbishop of Canterbury

3 October 2025 10:52 pm

We have it on the best authority that the meek shall inherit the earth and in the meantime in the…

Japan’s Asahi cyber attack is a national embarrassment

3 October 2025 10:43 pm

Could Japan be about to run out of beer? Or at least of one of its favourite brands Asahi, whose…

Do Jews have a future in Britain? 

3 October 2025 9:46 pm

I was on my way to synagogue yesterday when I got news that was surprising and unsurprising at the same…

‘Media Literacy’ and the decline of Woke

3 October 2025 9:41 pm

What is “woke”? To Jordan B. Peterson it is “postmodern neo-Marxism.” To James Lindsay it is “critical race theory” and…

Shabana Mahmood slams ‘un-British’ pro-Palestine marches

3 October 2025 9:26 pm

The country is still reeling from the horrific attack that took place at a Manchester synagogue on Thursday morning. The…

Starmer’s Manchester attack response is hard to take seriously

3 October 2025 8:56 pm

Do you know someone Jewish? Then they were probably at synagogue yesterday. I was there with my husband. My parents…

A female Archbishop of Canterbury changes everything for the CofE

3 October 2025 8:43 pm

Dame Sarah Mullally’s appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury is not a normal story about a woman being appointed to a…