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Sunak’s mother-in-law has divided India with her views on spoons
Sudha Murty, the Indian billionaire and philanthropist, who also happens to be Rishi Sunak’s mother-in-law, has something of a fixation…
Backing motorists won’t save Rishi Sunak
The lesson from the Uxbridge by-election was clear to both parties: the public will not accept green policies at any…
Why Starmer is no heir to Blair
How big is a 20 point opinion poll lead and what word should we use to describe it – insurmountable,…
Rishi Sunak’s trade-off ideology
In his interview with the Sunday Telegraph proclaiming himself to be pro-car, Rishi Sunak made an interesting point: that this…
Why I’m romantic about climate change
Why hasn’t an anti-technology movement emerged? It seems to me that we face two overlapping crises. One is obviously climate…
Escaping the city in Argentina
Planning a foreign trip is a bit like watching a trailer for a film. The research is a preview of…
What does Japan make of Oppenheimer?
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster epic Oppenheimer is wowing critics and selling out cinemas across the world. It’s already threatening to eclipse…
The triumph of oil
If you want a laugh, I recommend an article which appeared in the March 1998 issue of Scientific American, ‘The…
The joy of rescuing snakes
Snake rescuers like me always get asked the same question: have you ever been bitten? I’ve dealt with mambas, giant…
In defence of the Arts Council
I once knew a monster who said she could not read Proust because there were no figures in Proust with…
Nigel Farage faces another media battle
It never stops for Nigel ‘Rocky’ Farage. Having seen off the chief executive of both NatWest and Coutts in successive…
The French police have lost faith in the judiciary
Emmanuel Macron broke his silence about the recent riots in France at the start of this week. In a speech…
The political battle for net zero is only just beginning
This may come to be remembered as the year where the global warming debate became serious. Until now, there has…
Who killed comedy?
Wading into the Sadiq Khan #HaveAWord brouhaha, Laurence Fox had a pop at Khan’s ally Romesh Ranganathan thus: ‘You are…
Camari Mick is making pastry, not solving crimes
“I was really fascinated with the process, the science behind everything,” recalls Camari Mick, the now twenty-nine-year-old star pastry chef,…
The US economy is bouncing back – unlike Europe’s
Every country that imposed a lockdown during the pandemic accepted that there would be an economic price to pay. But…
Why was a Ukrainian fencer punished for not shaking a Russian’s hand?
Must politics stay separate from sport? Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan has been disqualified from the World Fencing Championships in Milan…
David Bruce, a doctor in the vines
Every good vintner deserves a good origin story. David Bruce, the founder of the eponymous winery in the Santa Cruz…
In defense of cranky professors
Thanks to a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, firing faculty members for “lack of collegiality” is suddenly…
Should Oppenheimer have been played by a Jewish actor?
Cillian Murphy is a blue-eyed Irishman with cheekbones you could slice salt beef on but, sorry David Baddiel, as far…
The police are struggling to operate in a smartphone world
These are busy times for the police watchdog. It’s just started an investigation into serious allegations of misconduct against Devon…
Tories should never have taken their Ulez challenge to court
Expanding London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) may be a bad policy, a regressive tax which will impact on people…
Iran’s morality police can’t save the mullahs forever
Iran’s so-called morality police, loathed and feared in equal measure, are back patrolling the streets of the country. They temporarily…
Has Gina Miller also fallen victim to ‘debanking’?
It might come as some small comfort to Nigel Farage to discover that it’s not just those on his side…
Hunter’s grift was really the whole family’s business
The Biden administration has repeatedly told the public that Hunter’s lucrative consulting business doesn’t matter unless it is directly connected…
