Did she jump or was she pushed?
A police detective inherits a country estate and looks forward to early retirement, but is forced back into action when human bones surface at a village treasure hunt
Guilt and gingerbread
Though many of her distinguished forebears campaigned vigorously against privilege and conservative elitism, they were still too posh for Toynbee’s comfort
The big beast in peril
As the world’s thermometer, the ocean keeps everything in balance, but carbon emissions and our use of it as a dumping ground is threatening its life, says Helen Czerski
Discordant times
Exiled from Russia and often denigrated in America, Rachmaninoff lived in a fug of unbearable, impenetrable sadness, says Paul Kildea
Phillip Schofield resigns and admits affair with ‘younger male’
And so the extraordinary Phillip Schofield row rumbles on. Earlier this week it was announced that Schofield was steeping down…
Arsonists and central bankers
Inflation attracts metaphors. Especially popular is inflation as a genie, with attendant bottle in which it is either securely contained,…
Hydrogen in the mix
Whenever the word ‘hydrogen’ surfaces in discussions about a future energy mix, my climate-sceptic Australian friends clam up. Though a…
Divide and conquer: the Voice has a hidden agenda
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with the support all the state and territory premiers, has officially backed the ‘First Nations…
The truth about ‘book bans’
The left is hard launching its response to the parental rights movement sweeping the country, and it has settled on…
The misdirected talent of Mizzy, the ‘TikTok terror’
Tessa Jowell once ignited a furious political row by claiming that inner-city youths active in criminal gangs were exhibiting a…
Welcome to Ouarzawood, Moroccan desert outpost and set of many major movies
It’s been a nearly seven-hour drive up and down the Atlas Mountains from Marrakech before a roundabout appears at the…
The joy of missing out
As I write this the coronation of King Charles hasn’t happened yet, but I’m having great fun watching the procession…
Does a ‘Pride progress’ flag really make rugby more inclusive?
The Rugby Football Union will fly the ‘Pride Progress’ flag at Twickenham this weekend, when a World XV team play…
Online shopping has not killed off the high street, yet
It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way, not at the beginning of the year when the wise and good…
Martin Amis and the death of the lascivious young man
In the days since Martin Amis died at 73 of oesophageal cancer, the papers have been full of tributes. Mostly…
Is Yevgeny Prigozhin having second thoughts about the Ukraine war?
Something strange is happening to Yevgeny Prigozhin. The chief of Vladimir Putin’s mercenary army in Ukraine has begun withdrawing his…
The Sydney inferno
It was happenstance that I found myself walking up from Broadway yesterday afternoon. As I came to the crest of…
Is America a republic in name only?
Is the United States a one-party state? Surely not. Just look at the ballots the next time you vote. There…
Alan Jones: should there be a tax on exported raw materials?
I have warned, endlessly, about the consequences of the utterly mistaken energy policy being pursued by the Albanese government, articulated…
Coal: the missing link
Coal will be indispensable for electricity generation in Australia for the foreseeable future. Of its competitors; natural gas is much…
DeSantis announces ‘Great America Comeback’ 2024 presidential run
DeSantis is Pearl Jam, to Trump’s Van Halen. Both equally rock. The difference is DeSantis doesn’t have the Trump theatre;…
Political and corporate defeatism
Charles Mackay’s 1841, titled Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds has enduringly served to refute claims of collective…
Does Gary Lineker deserve Amnesty’s human rights award?
‘We need to be careful with the language we use,’ said Gary Lineker as he picked up an award from…
Spectator TV Australia: James Allan says Bud Light has been turned into a referendum on trans
Episode 4: Is the Great Barrier Reef dying? Maurice Newman tears apart the narrative. Click below to watch the full…
Is a referendum the answer to solving France’s migrant crisis?
Paris has a problem. The city currently houses some 5,000 migrants in hotels, much to the chagrin of the capital’s…
