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Why are so many BBC broadcasters going native?
Of the many characters created by the peerless Victoria Wood, one creation in particular lingers in the mind: namely the…
What made David Lynch cool
When one of your favourite filmmakers dies, it is hard not to feel a deeply personal sense of loss; the…
Britain’s unending fascination with the Cambridge spies
Will we ever tire of the Cambridge spies? Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Burgess and Maclean – and to a lesser…
Husted and Moody to replace Vance and Rubio in the Senate
Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted of Ohio will replace Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in the Senate, with Florida attorney general Ashley…
Will TikTok have a second life?
TikTok is hoping that 2025 can be its year – but what comes next for the social media company is truly…
Biden opens the jailhouse door
Joe Biden is not going gently into that dark night, politically or cognitively. He is going down with large, bold…
Why Netanyahu won’t let the Gaza hostage deal fall through
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to claim his first major foreign policy achievement just days before his inauguration on Monday.…
Will the SNP come to its senses on North Sea oil?
Drill, baby drill. The mood on Net Zero is changing in the Scottish parliament where a majority of MSPs have…
Will the IMF regret its backing for Labour’s Budget?
International investors may be jittery about the UK’s future, but the International Monetary Fund appears to be more optimistic. The…
Trudeau’s assassin could be Canada’s next leader
Less than 24 hours after Mark Carney’s launch, Chrystia Freeland announced her bid to be the next Liberal party leader…
Empty pledges won’t solve the knife crime epidemic
On 23 September last year at 6.30 p.m. in the evening in a street in Woolwich, London, Daejaun Campbell cried…
Is Badenoch bouncing back?
Conventional wisdom says the Tory leadership of Kemi Badenoch is close to crisis. This is perhaps because the prevailing political…
Why is WFH still as common as it is?
Have you seen Severance? If not, I urge you to cancel all evening plans and commit to binge-watching it for the next…
Why we’re horrified by Bonnie Blue and Andrew Tate
OnlyFans content creator Bonnie Blue claims to have broken a world record by sleeping with over a thousand men in…
Humza Yousaf takes aim at media in Grazia photoshoot interview
Hapless Humza Yousaf has a lot more time on his hands after he was forced to quit as Scotland’s First…
Why is the High Court ruling on political consultations?
No one came out very well from the government’s High Court defeat yesterday morning over planned changes to long-term sickness…
Rachel Reeves tries deregulation, but she’s bad at that too
If it was a Netflix mystery series, it would be the moment for the ‘big reveal’. After months of boasting…
Alastair Campbell finally admits what Tony Blair got wrong
No one expected this day to come – but here we are. Alastair Campbell, former Labour spinner and full-time Tony…
RedNote is breaking down the Great Firewall of China
I turned to Xiaohongshu during the pandemic. At a time when I couldn’t visit China, the Chinese social media app…
Could this infrastructure bill get Britain growing again?
Every so often, something unexpected happens in the Westminster village which disturbs the usual run of malicious gossip and misleading…
Nandy denies Labour ‘governs by social media’ over grooming gang review
Well, well, well. Britain’s grooming gangs scandal is still dominating the headlines and pressure is piling on the Labour government…
AfD on track to turn a third of Germany blue
With less than six weeks to go until voters head to the polls, the snap federal election campaign in Germany…
Labour’s grooming gang plan doesn’t go far enough
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has finally bowed to pressure and announced five local reviews alongside a ‘rapid national audit’ into grooming…
Why Hamas keeps on celebrating
As plans for a ceasefire were announced on Wednesday night, videos of Gazans celebrating with glee made their way onto international news broadcasts.…
The retail recession
There was some relief for Rachel Reeves earlier this week when inflation fell slightly to 2.5 per cent and the…
