This week, the Prime Minister finally acquiesced to the broad outpouring of support across Australia’s political, professional and civic spectrum…

One Nation’s rise may spell doom for Menzies’ party

Beware the Bondi social cohesion clause

The shambolic NDIS

An antisemitic cartoon in the Nine papers is a grim sign of the times

In a battle of two Jims, Chalmers wins

Starmer, like Albanese, will stay soft on Islam

Venezuela is a template for a Taiwan takeover

Radical activists blow up Adelaide Writers' Week

Albanese’s ‘I’m not to blame’ royal commission

Predictions ageing poorly is an occupational hazard for journalists and commentators. But few have gone as sour as those made…

‘Help is on the way,’ promised Donald Trump to the people of Iran defying the Islamic Republic. In the same…

It is still unclear what will happen next in Iran. I fervently hope the current protests will cause the tyrants…

What is the limit of Ukrainian civilians’ endurance? In nearly four years of relentless war, Ukraine’s people have faced summary…

I’m not sure when my libido first began to decline. It was probably during the pandemic, so it went unnoticed…

Everyone who’s anyone in Oldham knows Irish Imy. Born Mohammed Imran Ali in Dublin in 1980 and raised in Werneth…

Between 1999 and 2004, Sarah Mullally, the current Bishop of London, was director of patient experience for NHS England. One…

It was only recently that I fully appreciated how the books I read as a child formed me. A pregnant…

What is the literal cut-off point for women having very long hair (and by ‘long’ I mean where it almost…

Are Jews safe in Britain? To even have to ask the question is extraordinary. But a recent survey has found…

Home The government dropped plans to make digital ID compulsory to work in Britain. Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister,…

I reached New York for the premiere of the fourth series of Industry in a mild state of delirium. I…

Net freedoms The government was pressed to ban X over charges that Elon Musk’s AI app Grok is being used…

One rather hopes the assisted dying bill will be talked out in the House of Lords. We have no say…

No EU turn Sir: Before Dr Brian Mathew’s letter on ‘How to restore prosperity’ appeared (10 January), the FT printed…

Returning from Pakistan on Monday, I sat at my desk and looked out at the pouring rain while the latest…

At a Christmas party I witnessed a showdown between two Labour movers and shakers, one a devoted Starmerite, the other…

A Labour MP was prevented from visiting a school in his constituency because the teaching unions and the Palestine Solidarity…

I think it was Zadie Smith who I first heard point out that race is in America what class is…

After three hours of parsing American case law, for once I share Donald Trump’s exasperation. See, many a naif, including…

For someone who likes to present the general public with the idea that he doesn’t have a personality, Sir Keir…

The phrase ‘trumped-up charges’ dates from the 18th century, I learn, and derives from the Old French tromper, to deceive.…

Gerard Henderson is known for his sound convictions, his incredible political memory, his tough scrutiny of mainstream media – especially…

A young philosopher goes in search of the curator of the Society of Lost Things and the once world-famous game of Seven whose rules no one seems to know

Rhoda Power’s first-hand account of the Tsar’s abdication and the coming of the Bolsheviks was first published in 1919 and has never really been surpassed

An aspiring novelist working the evening shift in an LA bookstore is forced to listen to endless chat about works he knows in his heart to be terrible – or, worse, fears might be good

The pop star’s extensive entourage were expected to be on call 24/7, responding to his every whim while turning a blind eye to the French farce of his love life

Beginning in 1878, this family saga charts the success of two Jewish brothers in Berlin before the coming of the Nazis threatens not only their livelihoods but their lives

Though a witness to many seminal Dylan moments, Ron Rosenbaum has produced what feels like a long voice-note after the pub, full of bluster, conspiracy and giddy conjecture

The Keswick hotelier Bob Graham achieved this in 1932 – and nowadays running improbable distances is considered almost normal, as well as an important factor in mental wellbeing

Since the launch of Chat GPT 3.5 in November 2022, the whole basis of how we assess work, especially in schools, universities and publishing, has had the rug pulled from under it

With the gradual extension of the franchise, a more egalitarian society flocked to theatres, music halls and holiday camps in a desperate bid to leave the trauma of war behind

Aged 80, the Booker prize-winning novelist bids farewell to his devoted readers in a masterpiece of narrative trickery

When To Kill a Mockingbird was published, Flannery O’Connor, the author of those unholy and tragic fables born of intense…

High Noon, directed by Thea Sharrock, is a perfectly decent version of a trusty western which celebrates its 74th birthday…

There would, on the surface, appear to be little common ground between the wife of stuffy old Malcolm Muggeridge and…

What does it mean to be a ‘good’ sports presenter? Really, it should mean nothing. They aren’t important. They should…

The Night Manager is finally back after ten years with three major drawbacks: no Elizabeth Debicki for the sex scenes;…

Rental Family stars Brendan Fraser as an out-of-work American actor living in Tokyo. He accepts employment with an agency that…

First opera of the year, first night back in London, and the jolly old metrop was already springing surprises. A…

I met the Tate’s outgoing director Maria Balshaw only once, back when she was in Manchester running both the Whitworth…

Some time in the next few weeks, a great ocean liner will be lost at sea. One of the greatest,…

Most dads will settle for their kids growing up happy, healthy and (reaches for nearest wooden surface) tattoo-free. It’s a…

When something is partly good and partly bad, we used to say it was ‘a curate’s egg’. Odd expression. Why…

Competition 3432 invited you to submit a passage containing some AI-style ‘hallucinations’ (it would be just as anthropomorphic to call…

Juba, South Sudan After the 43°C heat of the day in Juba, sundown brings a merciful reprieve. My dearest friend…

The woman in the queue behind us in the supermarket glared angrily as my mother tried and failed to tap…

I was recently shown an AI analysis of long-term trends in the public’s attitude to government. The AI had been…

Dear Mary: How do you swerve a dinner party bore?

There are different ways to approach the tyranny of Dry January. One is to drink in secret. Another is to…

For this trip, I’ve had to divulge my social media handles, blood group, shoe size etc, and have therefore assumed…

Liz Kendall, the Technology Secretary, stood up in the Commons on Monday and thundered against Elon Musk, saying the government…