How the gender debate shaped the new face of moralism
Disruptions of feminist meetings by trans rights activists have become commonplace in recent years. Tactics include pressuring venues, blocking entrances,…
Abraham Lincoln is Making You Fat
In the latest woke madness, an American author has claimed that the desire to be thin is actually a result…
Is Wrexham’s Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending?
Wrexham’s Hollywood dream seems almost too good to be true. The club spent years in the doldrums of the Welsh…
Why don’t the Tories want to help genuine asylum seekers?
It’s not the genuine asylum seekers that Suella Braverman and her crew are determined to prevent reaching our shores, we are…
Will US colleges’ brand power survive falling standards?
Nike. Supreme. Ralph Lauren. Abercrombie and Fitch. Harvard and Yale. On the streets of Budapest, style-conscious teenagers have collapsed the…
Tucker Carlson, American hero
On a day when we remember fallen heroes who gave their lives in useless wars, and still do, we have…
Modern Art: an ugly reflection
Art is a reflection of civilisation. How apt then, that the last time I wandered beside the Arts Centre in…
Albanese vs. Dutton: where does the real leadership merit lie?
I can’t be the only one tired of the sycophantic way in which the Prime Minister and his government are…
Naivety threatens Australia’s future: the danger of racial bureaucracies is real
The naivety of so many well-meaning commentators conveniently glossing over the racial nature of the Voice proposal in the Uluru…
Mandates are, and always were, immoral
There is a brilliant freely accessible short story The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson in 1948. The Hunger Games is the contemporary version.…
Can Britain become the Saudi Arabia of carbon capture?
Boris Johnson wanted to make Britain ‘the Saudi Arabia of wind’. But Grant Shapps is keen to send Britain’s green…
The legacy of Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel
Monday night marks the fashion calendar’s most overrated, overcovered event: the Met Gala. Each year it’s the same. The outfits…
Blairite ‘nepo babies’ are the worst of the lot
When the singer Lily Allen found herself flak-catching recently, she was quick to point out she was the OK kind…
Is Elon Musk a genius or a dud?
When he bought Twitter in October last year, Elon Musk set out a bold vision for the bird app. The…
Like Putin’s Russia, Bulgaria has become a mafia state
In a historic speech to the US Congress on 12 March 1947, President Truman addressed the menacing spread of Communism…
Why ‘woke’ doesn’t have the moral high ground
The much-overused word “woke” — basically meaning “to be at all moments of the day and night conscious of racial…
Government: the problem or the answer?
I have long believed that growth, prosperity, progress, and ultimately personal fulfillment are not created by government or any group…
The achievements of Captain James Cook are a story for the ages
This year, on 29 April, it was 253 years since Captain James Cook landed at Botany Bay. Despite the obvious…
The Guardian’s shameful double standards
The Guardian thinks of itself as Britain’s fearless liberal conscience, trigger-sensitive to racist ‘dog whistles’ in the language and editorial…
Louder, Crowder?
I have never been a fan of bringing the personal lives of politicians or media commentators into the public forum.…
Recall Election legislation is desperately needed for rogue politicians
One legislative mechanism that would enable voters to annul the term of politicians who go rogue or fail to represent…
Xi Jinping is acting like Stalin
The General Secretary of China’s Communist Party is a different kind of leader. Now in his third five-year term, Xi…
Our nanny state holds back Britain’s young
Clever people often believe that their cleverness gives them the right to control other people. Nowhere is this more manifest than…
Is Joe Biden really fit to run in 2024?
Kim yo-Jong, the powerful and influential sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, has launched a savage personal attack on…
Why the Covid cycling boom isn’t over yet
Social distancing. Test and trace. Face-masks (what was wrong with just ‘masks’? Nobody could ever tell me). Clapping. Substantial meals.…
