Indiana Jones and the Cesspit of Woke
The adventuring, treasure-hunting, ultra-manly Indiana Jones franchise has defined large portions of story-telling history in Hollywood. Not only did it inspire…
The myth of New World genocide
Shortly before the coronation of Charles III, a group of indigenous leaders from around the commonwealth released a statement. They…
Russia’s fake news machine has a fresh target
There is a certain perverse cachet in one’s words being wilfully distorted by someone who thinks it gives their argument…
Martin Amis: 1949-2023
Over the next few days, people will be reaching for certain set phrases about Martin Amis. That he was ‘era-defining’…
Did Suella Braverman break the ministerial code?
Fresh from claiming the scalp of Dominic Raab, is the civil service now after Suella Braverman? The Sunday Times reports…
The Bowen Basin adventures
I am one of the few survivors of a team of Bowen Basin pioneers who started the systematic exploration of…
Liberal heads in the sand
There is one thing you can always be sure of, the ‘thinkers’ in and behind the Liberal Party never ever consider…
Cash is King, Bitcoin is God
While most people rage over the Voice to Parliament or men competing in women’s sports, there is a real battle…
Will DeSantis lose if he runs to the right of Trump?
“Negative partisanship” is a notorious feature of American politics. In presidential elections especially, voters don’t vote for the party and…
The rise of the golf rebels
Golf wasn’t supposed to be this much fun. Now in its second season, LIV Golf keeps upping the stakes in…
The Tories would be lost in opposition
It is widely observed that many Conservatives are preparing to lose power at the next general election. The Conservative Democratic…
There’s one way to avoid repeating the horrors of Hiroshima
This weekend the leaders of the G7 countries meet in Hiroshima to discuss the most urgent issues facing the world…
Confessions of a royal paparazzo
I can still remember the shock of watching the news on Sunday, 31 August 1997 and learning that Lady Diana…
Is Jill Biden calling the Nato leadership shots?
Ben Wallace has confirmed the worst-kept secret in Westminster: he’s the likely UK candidate for the Secretary General of Nato.…
Elon Musk’s confusing ‘green logic’
A video featuring Elon Musk from 2017 has been resurrected showing his disbelief after seeing (what now feels like blissfully…
Britain’s rivers are filthy
The name Chris Whitty will forever be associated in people’s minds with Covid-19. But in a recent cri de coeur…
The sad decline of BBC Radio 4
Radio 4 is in trouble. Listening figures for the station have dipped to their lowest level since 2007. The Today programme,…
How Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse gamble backfired
Less than two years ago, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg bet the house on the metaverse. Zuckerberg believed that his virtual…
Expelling Moira
The expulsion of Moira Deeming from the Victorian Liberal party requires one simple question to be answered: what is the…
Euro notes
There are currently 27 members of the European Union and there are applications to join from eight additional countries –…
