Just not cricket!
Following England’s defeat in the second test of the Ashes, former Test Match Special commentator Henry Blofeld joins The Spectator‘s…
Drone strikes Russian military base near Moscow
Just as Moscow was beginning to recover from the shock of Evgeniy Prigozhin’s march on the capital, the city has,…
Don’t condemn Israel for defending itself
Car-rammings, shootings, stabbings and bombings targeting innocent men, women and children are a constant fear for Israelis. This morning, seven…
Why are high street banks teaming up with Stonewall?
Pride month is over but my local bank still has its rainbow-striped window display firmly in place. The LGBTQ+ theme…
Rishi’s Tory rating turns negative
As the average mortgage rate for a five-year fixed deal rises to 6 per cent, Rishi Sunak can find little…
Why did a police officer tell me I was ‘hot’?
Poundbury in Dorset looked beautiful as it prepared for the King’s arrival. Gardeners were sprucing up flowers; painters were hurrying…
No soldier should have been above the law in Afghanistan
The public inquiry into alleged SAS war crimes in Afghanistan hears fresh evidence this week. Lawyers representing Afghan families argue…
The mortgage pain is going to get worse
When the average two-year fixed mortgage hit 6 per cent last month, panic started to set in. For the 1.3…
Will Threads tame Elon Musk’s Twitter?
We will need tighter regulation. We will need new laws and controls. And we will have to organise boycotts of…
Aussie cricketers have nothing to apologise for
The world of cricket suffers from an unjustified moral superiority complex. This explains the periodic howls of outrage when a…
Don’t be fooled by profiteering banks
What a handy distraction it makes for the banks to stand accused of closing down accounts held by Nigel Farage…
Secessionists seethe over the ‘Scottish coronation’
King Charles III is all set for his ‘Scottish coronation’ in Edinburgh tomorrow. Yet despite the royal fervour north of…
The worst excesses of the Saintly Reading Cult
I read a lot of fiction. I always have. It’s not unusual for me to have three of four books…
When will the world wake up to the persecution of Nigerian Christians?
More Christians are killed in Nigeria for their faith than anywhere else in the world. Of the 5,621 people murdered…
Don’t deprive Americans of July 4 fireworks
The Fourth of July is an opportunity to reflect upon the miracle that is the founding of the United States,…
Joe Exotic’s presidential plans from prison
“So you have any advice for other presidential candidates who might end up in federal prison?” I ask Joseph “Exotic”…
US government had EcoHealth researching whether humans could give bats Covid
During the height of the coronavirus, the Department of the Interior teamed up with a scandal-plagued nonprofit organization to investigate…
NPR says Asian Americans should love affirmative action
NPR thinks Asian Americans should stand against the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action whether they like it or not. In…
Canberra’s Calvary
The closure of a Catholic hospital has become a matter of life, death and conscience
Road to net zero paved with coal
If we want to keep the lights on we'll need fossil fuels for decades
