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Japan’s dark history of forced sterilisation
A Japanese government report has revealed that over a 50-year period, under a policy of forced sterilisation, 16,500 people were…
Prigozhin leaves Rostov
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, has left Rostov-on-Don and ended the armed insurrection against Vladimir Putin.…
Could the election herald the rise of the small party?
These are heady times for Britain’s smaller political parties. Seldom has there been as much interest from voters in breaking…
My battle with bureaucracy behind bars
On my first night in prison, I slept well. Perhaps the previous day’s stress and exhaustion played a part. Neither…
The French Connection and the trouble with streaming censorship
We are ten minutes into William Friedkin’s The French Connection and we’ve just seen our two heroes beat the shit out of…
Chris Christie goes soft on trans issues
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has come out against banning sex changes for minors, putting him at odds not…
In praise of megarich adventurers
There’s rich and there’s rich. There’s a number beyond which stuff starts to get boring. I’m not sure what it…
Russia’s nuclear blackmail
‘Dear Ukrainians! And all people of the world: everyone! I emphasise this,’ Volodymyr Zelensky said in a televised speech yesterday. Russia, he…
The tragedy of Iraq’s Jews
Walk into my grandmother’s living room in north-west London, and you could be forgiven for thinking you had suddenly stepped…
Brussels will regret its crackdown on Hungary’s migrant plan
Hungary, a magnet for numerous would-be migrants because of its 110-mile land border with Serbia, has taken its own steps…
Barack is back… to save the Democratic Party he stymied
When Barack Obama set out to fundamentally transform the country, he took for granted that it could be transformed back…
The Titan deaths were utterly avoidable
When the news broke that the Titan submersible was missing, naval experts immediately recognised that the chances of saving the…
Was Joe Biden in on Hunter’s grift?
The Republicans investigating the Biden family grift had a big week, not that you would know it from reading the…
The shameful condemnation of the Titan Five
The five departed souls of the Titan submersible suffered two tragedies. First, the tragedy of dying in a catastrophic implosion…
The known unknowns of 2024
I think it was the once-renowned critic Clement Greenberg who gratefully acknowledged that his job as a cultural commentator allowed…
France is falling apart at the seams
Numerous heads of state from the third world are in Paris for a summit hosted by President Macron. The aim…
Titanic submarine passengers presumed dead: US Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard said Thursday afternoon that the five passengers aboard the missing Titan submarine are presumed dead after…
Dumb risks are worth taking
The plight of the Titanic submariners has engulfed the media over the past week and demanded the attention of countless…
How the NCAA twisted women’s sports
This has been a banner, or perhaps baneful, year for women’s intercollegiate sports, what with trash-talking basketballers, record TV ratings…
Gary Neville’s Saudi hypocrisy
Oh dear. Gary Neville is at it again.The left-wing right-back has waded into the latest trend in British football: superannuated…
The people deserve a Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk cage fight in Vegas
Just when you thought toxic masculinity was dead: Emmanuel Macron chugs a beer and Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree…
Shock as interest rates hiked to 5 per cent
The Monetary Policy Committee has voted seven to two to take interest rates to 5 per cent, a 0.5 point increase. Its…
Why Pride lost the public
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably witnessed the backlash to Pride. There have been mass boycotts of…
Free speech is for scumbags, too
It doesn’t take much to get you censored these days. You don’t even need to be that controversial. Believing in…
The Windrush myth
Seventy-five years ago today perhaps the most famous ship in British history arrived at this island. A new nation was…
