Religion provides the rhythm
From the Gospel journeys of Aretha Franklin to the late-life monasticism of Leonard Cohen, the great musical artists of the 20th century were often quasi-religious figures
Sex and the Famous Five
Before drawing tenuous comparisons between Enid Blyton and David Bowie, Nicholas Royle invites us to consider the erotic potential of Timmy the dog
The splendour and squalor of Venice
In his celebration of Venetian art, Martin Gayford is keenly alert to the city’s spectacular contradictions
Breakfast wine is where it’s at
In the old days (2019), mimosas and Bloody Marys were really the only the socially acceptable forms of alcohol that…
How mass immigration is worsening the housing crisis
Sometimes, what matters in politics is how one issue merges with another to produce an explosive reaction. In the 2010s,…
Starmer caught in Thatcher U-turn
Stop the presses: Starmer Chameleon has U-turned once again. In predictable fashion, he last night sought to row back on…
How progressivism locks the left into a suicide pact
For decades the American left has attempted to build a winning political coalition by convincing as many factions as possible…
It’s time for Humza Yousaf to end this gender bill farce
The first minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, has a painful choice following his latest defeat in the Court of Session…
What Joey Barton gets wrong – and right – about female football pundits
Joey Barton, the ex-Manchester City, Newcastle and QPR player, is in hot water again – this time over a series…
Is terrorism really a mental health problem?
When news first broke of the terrorist attack last Saturday in Paris, the French government rushed out a statement describing…
Prince Harry loses (again)
Good old Prince Harry has done it once again. In spite of all his strenuous efforts to avoid press intrusion,…
Hunter’s latest indictment is bad news for Joe Biden
Surprise! Surprise! Hunter Biden faced new charges on Thursday, after the Department of Justice accused him of failing to pay…
Answers to Spot the Shakespeare Play
1. Romeo and Juliet 2. Much Ado About Nothing 3. All’s Well That Ends Well 4. Hamlet 5. Twelfth…
Christmas quiz – the answers
Fairly odd 1. Lilt 2. For driving at 25mph in a 20mph zone 3. India 4. President Joe Biden…
The disgraceful, ducking, diving, dodging college presidents
It was a clarifying moment, wasn’t it? The presidents of MIT, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania testifying for the House…
Boris defends partygate yet again
What does Boris Johnson want to come out of the Covid Inquiry? At the end of his second day of…
Sunak’s Rwanda Bill looks doomed
Rishi Sunak is pinning his hopes on emergency legislation, the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, to ‘Stop the Boats’. But…
Education destroyed by self-serving educrats
Such is the parlous and substandard state of Australia’s education system, if those in charge managed a major corporation like…
Russia’s curious reaction to Britain’s hacking allegations
That Russia’s security services have been targeting British politicians and other high-profile figures won’t come as a surprise. But the…
Vaccination rates fall… ‘Quick, let’s vaccinate more people!’
There’s a recent report running around calling for the government to spend lots of money because vaccination rates are not high enough,…
CIS 2023 Nanny State Awards
The Centre for Independent Studies had intended to follow the rules for US presidential polls and ban any candidate from…
Barbara Rymell deserved dignity
There is no getting around the death of Barbara Rymell. When I read the Telegraph’s story about this 91-year-old who died while care home staff…
We are in the fight for our life
It is difficult for the non-Jewish observer and commentator to fully understand how the trauma of the Holocaust and 2,000…
The EU has become paralysed by its own bad decisions
In 2019, France’s president Emmanuel Macron famously called Nato ‘braindead’. Think what you will about the health of the defence…
The Rwanda Bill is going to be hugely contentious
On Wednesday, the government finally published its promised ‘emergency legislation’, after the Supreme Court ruled in November that the Rwanda…
