A fable for our times
When phylloxera destroys the vines on the Aoelian island of ‘S’, the inhabitants, forced to emigrate, blame the recently established prison colony
A farm in the Fells
‘Some days I feel like I’m drowning,’ admits Helen Rebanks, caught between cooking, housework, admin, tagging lambs and the school run at the Lake District family farm
Cheerful meanderings
Now established in Cambridge, John Cromer embarks on a whirlwind of small adventures, testing our patience, if not our sympathy, with his extensive digressions
Lip-smacking morsels
Fuchsia Dunlop enjoys a rich variety of dishes throughout China, including drunken hairy crabs, crisp pig’s ears, giant carp’s tails and delicate ducks’ tongues
Expelled from Africa’s Eden
Lucy Fulford never fully explains how this community was so easily scapegoated, nor why Idi Amin’s decree caused such jubilation across East Africa at the time
A long withdrawing roar
England’s final, agonising defeat in the Hundred Years War brings Jonathan Sumption’s monumental history to a close. David Crane salutes 43 years of research and writing
Voice ruptures the bond
No, no, no! It’s not the lack of detail nor the promise of its permanence in the Constitution, nor that…
The Voice empowers bureaucracy over democracy
The Australian people will soon be asked through a national referendum to alter the Constitution to establish an Aboriginal and…
Alex Greenwich’s bill set to erase sex-based rights in NSW
On August 24, 2023 Alex Greenwich, independent gay MP for the inner-city electorate of Sydney, introduced his private member’s bill…
Why did the Co-op debank feminists – but let Rose West keep her account?
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any madder, you find out the following: at the Co-operative bank, if you’re…
Ukraine steps up its drone warfare against Crimea
In the early hours of this morning, Ukraine launched 42 unmanned drones at the annexed territory of Crimea, the Russian…
What does Vogue have against women’s sport?
Vogue magazine’s recent ‘powerhouse’ of 25 ‘women [who are] defining – and redefining – Britain in 2023’ includes one person…
Energy prices are coming down, but they should be cheaper
It is hard to remember that this time last year soon-to-be prime minister Liz Truss was on the verge of…
France is spiralling out of control
It’s been a brutal month in France but one would barely know it from the reaction of much of the…
Trump’s mugshot released following Georgia arrest
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived: Donald Trump’s mugshot has been released to the world. With…
Scotland shouldn’t pay climate reparations
Lucky old Scottish homeowners. Not only are they being told that they could be forbidden from selling their homes if…
Will Trump eventually show up for a primary debate?
Milwaukee, Wisconsin America’s front-runners share a winning debate strategy: don’t turn up. Much as Joe Biden is dodging the chance…
Defensive medicine and the pandemic of fear-stricken doctors
Healthcare has transformed over the last four or five decades revealing a gradual shift in the practice of medicine from…
Trust the crazy
I was certain I’d read the most ridiculous thing this week after grazing the ABC headline, Hikers urged to stop using…
The re-write of Australia: straight out of the Marxist-Leninist handbook
Isn’t it about time we start demanding of our taxpayer media why they are subtly driving the Aboriginalisation of this…
Spinning the myth of Global Warming for corporate gain
Although in 2011, the Commonwealth Budget papers compiled all the measures that were being implemented to foster renewable energy, that…
Sunak said he’d stop the boats. He’s failing abysmally
Rishi Sunak has led voters to believe that his new Illegal Migration Act will mean no illegal migrants will be…
Summering in Scranton
Our big adventure this summer was supposed to be a trip to the Capri for a young friend’s wedding, but…
It’s laughable for Greeks to say the Elgins are at risk
It is safe to say that there is very little chance of the Elgin Marbles turning up for sale on…
How Russia’s media reacted to the Prigozhin plane crash
After Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted march on Moscow at the end of June, the Wagner Group leader became a divisive figure…
