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The intense Englishness of Philip Larkin
The English language has a curious feature, called the phrasal verb. It consists of a plain verb plus a preposition;…
Where have all the Bad Girls gone?
Where have all the Bad Girls gone? They used to rock up regularly at the Love Island villa – now…
The forgotten history of Poland and Ukraine
Since the outbreak of war in February there has been an overwhelming focus on the historical links between Russia and…
The Church of England is obsessed with racial self-flagellation
The Church of England has been displaying distinctly masochistic tendencies of late. The Church has previously tried to return its…
How Prince Charles’s €1m bagman infiltrated the British establishment
The Queen rarely – if ever – accepts invitations to dinner at private houses, no matter how grand. But in…
50-year mortgages won’t fix Britain’s broken housing market
Downing Street has come up with another cunning plan to fix the housing crisis: 50-year mortgages, passed from parent to…
Why do we only care about American abortion rights?
In the week since Roe vs Wade was overturned, you’ve hardly been able to switch on the news or open…
How the BBC was captured by trans ideology
During Pride month this year a banner has been emblazoned across the BBC’s internal staff website used by every single…
Why the Met Police keeps failing
Much has been made of the decision to place the Metropolitan Police in what is often referred to as special…
Democrats are about to blow the abortion issue
Now that America’s focus has zeroed in (for the time being) on the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe…
Tony Blair is too good for British politics
Tony Blair was the headline act at his day-long talking-shop in London yesterday. The crowds attending the Future of Britain…
The rise and fall of R Kelly
It’s been an eventful week for celebrity justice, especially of the entirely predictable kind. First, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to…
Will Putin succeed where Stalin and Khrushchev failed in Ukraine?
A few weeks after Putin’s war against Ukraine began on 24 February, an infamous article was published in RIA Novosti,…
My sister Ghislaine was denied justice
There is a cartoon doing the rounds this week that shows two women having a drink. One says to the…
Horse racing’s dark secret
Royal Ascot has come and gone: 300,000 racegoers, men in top hats and tails, women in chic outfits and beautiful,…
Liz Cheney is the GOP’s worst enemy
Liz Cheney made two interesting moves last week. One, she was among the fourteen House Republican who voted to pass the…
Was Ghislaine an Epstein victim?
Let me start by saying that this is not a defence of Ghislaine Maxwell, the part-time girlfriend, part-time sexual fixer…
Boris Johnson’s fate is to be forgotten
Boris Johnson divides Britons in a way few other politicians manage. To his dwindling group of supporters, he is the…
Does Meghan Markle know what ‘guttural’ means?
When the Duke of Sussex heard about the Supreme Court judgment revoking the ruling in Roe vs Wade, ‘His reaction…
The Donald Trump Show’s biggest plot twist yet
Since it debuted in 2016, The Donald Trump Show — the televised meta-commentary from hell we’ve all been living in…
Does Putin’s ‘toxic masculinity’ really matter?
Apparently, if Vladimir Putin had been a woman, everything would be just tickety-boo. Speaking to German TV, Boris Johnson has said…
Striking GPs need a reality check
GPs have voted to strike if some contract changes, including forcing practices to open on Saturdays, are not withdrawn. The doctor proposing…
Nato is no longer ‘brain dead’
Finland and Sweden will be formally invited to join Nato today. Them joining the alliance will bolster Nato’s presence in the…
Is America about to break apart?
Here’s a fun fact: almost half of Americans believe that there will be a civil war in their lifetimes. Less…
The night that David Cameron sealed Britain’s Brexit fate
Friday 29 June 2012 isn’t a famous date in British history, but it deserves at least a footnote. Because I…
