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The Westminster Holocaust memorial ignores Jewish suffering
It’s groundhog day all over again for the long-planned Holocaust memorial and learning centre in Westminster’s Victoria Tower Gardens. This…
Ukraine shouldn’t cancel Russian culture
It is entirely understandable that the barbaric attack on Ukraine launched a year ago by Vladimir Putin has sparked enraged…
How African gold pays for Russia’s war in Ukraine
African wars are paying for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at least indirectly. When Vladimir Putin was running low on manpower…
Is Kim Jong Un’s daughter being lined up to lead?
The photograph shows a happy family. After a 35-day public absence, the corpulent Kim Jong Un has been pictured this…
We are living through a golden age of misogyny
I hope I’ll be forgiven for not dropping my dog-eared copy of The Female Eunuch in sheer molten awe upon reading in…
Turkey’s earthquake and the growing anger towards Erdogan
Istanbul, Turkey It’s Monday morning and Sam is late to work. The cafe he owns in a quiet residential area…
How to defend free markets in the 21st century
It wasn’t Liz Truss’s failure to make big changes we should worry about. It was her inability to deliver even…
We need to talk about Madonna’s face
You’ll forgive Madonna for taking a few days to respond to the concern over her latest facelift. After all, the…
Napoleon III’s remains will not be returned to France
Do not take too seriously the demand of Roger Karoutchi, a Républicain who rejoices in the title of deputy speaker of…
Where is the moral outrage about Britain’s grooming gangs?
Tabloid journalism begins with W.T. Stead, who as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette in the 1880s brought news and scandal to…
Thousands may still be trapped under the rubble in Turkey
Five days after Monday’s massive earthquakes, the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria has passed 20,000. Local aid workers…
Did the Suffragettes really win women the vote?
I suppose most people regard the Suffragettes as the exemplary vindication of the right to carry out illegal direct action…
A modest proposal for the death penalty
Lee Anderson has changed my mind. I’ve always been an opponent of capital punishment but the Tory deputy chairman makes an irrefutable point: ‘Nobody has ever…
The vast scale of Beijing’s high-tech balloon programme
There will no doubt be some tense moments in the boardrooms of western technology companies over the coming days after…
Who cares about Syria’s earthquake victims?
At 4 a.m. on Monday, when the earthquake hit, most of the 4.5 million people living in northwestern Syria were…
The terror of Turkey’s earthquake: a survivor’s account
Before Monday’s earthquake, the old town of Antakya, known historically as Antioch, had been a wonderfully preserved labyrinth of narrow…
Voters agree with Lee Anderson about cracking down on crime
Lee Anderson, the recently-appointed Tory party deputy chairman, has sparked a political row with his comments on capital punishment. ‘Nobody…
Sandi Toksvig should stop picking on the Church of England
The breaking news is that Sandi Toksvig has demanded a meeting with God, over a friendly cup of tea. The…
Britain avoids recession – for now
Britain has avoided recession – for now. This morning’s update from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that there…
China is playing the US for fools over the spy balloon
The Chinese balloon debacle has shone a light on America’s security vulnerabilities, but it has also revealed just how audacious…
Congress’s Twitter hearings show Democrats are done with free speech
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, free speech was primarily defended by civil libertarians and the…
Is Putin scared of Ukrainian bombs?
Putin’s war has finally made its way to the Russian home front. A leak from the Kremlin reveals that Russia’s regional governments are…
The problem with a gender-neutral God
The Church of England will soon launch a commission on the question of gendered language in relation to God. Is…
How America’s ‘big sort’ will upend politics
The world may not be turning upside down, but it’s certainly tilting. In the long shadow of the pandemic, with…
America’s woke assault on English
Each time an American institution commits a new corruption of the English language in the name of ‘social justice,’ US wire services, assisted…
