Why do we forget Britain’s role in the Korean War?
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. Sadly, in the British media it will be forgotten that…
The ooga booga school of anthropology
Aboriginal anthropologist and activist Dr Marcia Langton is probably the most influential figure in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum…
The fatal flaw in the ‘Yes’ case
The pamphlets to be sent to all households in Australia setting out the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ cases for the referendum…
Ruining the world to ‘save the planet’
The late morning sun danced off the Mediterranean as I took a chair facing Al Gore on the rooftop terrace…
The ABC rots from the head
They say a fish rots from the head. The writer is not sure if it’s true about fish, but it…
Why I’m sceptical about a superconductor breakthrough
A team of South Korean scientists has pre-printed a paper asserting that they have achieved superconductivity at room temperature and…
Ian Botham should take cricket’s problems more seriously
Lord Botham – chair of Durham County Cricket Club and a life peer appointed by Boris Johnson in 2020 – has challenged the findings…
What has North Korea done with Travis King?
Silence is not a common feature in the North Korean regime’s playbook, and this year is no exception. Only this…
The habits of holy pilgrimage
“Will someone steal my coat?” “No, you’re on a holy pilgrimage,” my son’s Irish carer-companion Rosemarie reassured him. We were…
Will Sunak’s identity makeover pay off?
After claiming that Labour is on the same side as criminal people-trafficking gangs, Rishi Sunak clearly owes a rival party…
Listen: Nigel Farage snaps at ‘condescending’ Nick Robinson
Nigel Farage blasted Nick Robinson for his ‘condescending tone’ during a fiery interview on the Today programme. The BBC host…
What the French media can learn from the Farage banking scandal
Geoffroy Lejeune knows how Nigel Farage feels. Like the former Ukip leader turned TV host, Lejeune’s ‘values’ have made him…
NatWest needs radical change after the Farage scandal
There are probably worse things a senior banker could do. Taking all the money and running off to the Bahamas,…
Will the NatWest debacle end the ‘debanking’ scandal?
The NatWest saga is fast becoming a textbook example of what some consider to be an ‘establishment’ attack on minority…
NatWest faces questions over backing Alison Rose
A week is a long time in politics and a day is a long time in banking. On Tuesday afternoon,…
India’s sinister attempt to censor Oppenheimer
Anurag Thakur, India’s information and broadcasting minister, is hopping mad about a sex scene in Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster film Oppenheimer.…
Why Alison Rose had to quit as NatWest chief
Last night, the board of NatWest announced that it had ‘full confidence’ in Dame Alison Rose as its chief executive.…
Shakespeare in black and white
Sarah Karim-Cooper first came to public attention at the cosmetics counter. Her book on makeup in Renaissance theater, Cosmetics in Shakespearean…
Oh Danny boy, what have you done now?
When he was first elected in 2014, more than a few members of the Victorian Coalition must have asked themselves…
Only some black lives ‘matter’
In a recent edition of the Spectator, Douglas Murray wrote about Nahel Merzouk who was shot and killed as he…
Has Australia lost its collective mind with the Voice?
The Voice is probably the greatest confidence tricks ever attempted to be played on the Australian people. Why would any…
‘Far Right’ or Traditional Liberal?
When it comes to avoiding the intellectual rigour of constructing and prosecuting a cogent argument, those who occupy the left…
Cameron shines at gay marriage reception
It’s ten years this month since legislation to legalise same-sex marriage was passed by parliament. So what better way to…
NatWest, Farage and the decline of corporate behaviour
The story of NatWest Group’s rogue behaviour goes far deeper than Nigel Farage. It now emerges that many more customers have…
Will the Tories learn from Coutts’ mistake in taking on Nigel Farage?
Not for the first time in his colourful life, the perennial rebel Nigel Farage has the establishment on the run.…
