What happened to the Russia I loved?
I first came to Russia as a travelling English literature-lecturer in the late 1990s. This wasn’t a job given to…
Britain’s tax system is a mess
The last time a Conservative Chancellor was in the business of cutting taxes, he pointed out that they reduce the…
Emerging and departing leaders
Could this be a turning point in Australia’s fortunes? In the space of two weeks we have seen two superb…
Australian notes
The Managerial Class Recently I spoke at the Sydney Institute on the subject of George Orwell’s justly famous essay ‘Politics…
His brilliant boggling career
It’s interesting to see that Mel Gibson, no less, is in the blood and violence TV streamer The Continental which…
Aussie life
The word humble comes from the Latin humilis, or humus, meaning literally, soil or ground, a priest recently revealed in…
Language
Every so often I like to share with you new words being added to dictionaries. Dictionary.com has just added 566…
The talentless Mr ‘I’ll Be Nicey’
Far from being a good bloke, our Prime Minister is a hard-left radical
Divide and rule
A long tradition in the Liddle household on a Saturday morning is to read aloud sections from the Guardian Weekend…
Radical Rishi
The Conservatives gather in Manchester this weekend for what may well be their last hurrah as a governing party. Bookmakers…
Emergency on Planet Biden
‘If aliens attacked Earth, do you think we would be safer under Joe Biden or Donald Trump?’ That’s a question…
