Why did Rupert Murdoch fire his most successful host?
Ever since it began in 2016, Tucker Carlson Tonight has been easily the most interesting news show on American television.…
Wartime history reduced to dust
Australians are about to celebrate Anzac Day and honour those who fought and died in all fields of conflict, including…
There’s more to corsets than meets the eye
There’s a scene in the recent film Corsage in which Vicky Krieps, playing the melancholy anorexic Empress Elisabeth of Austria, indulges in…
Was Tucker Carlson getting too big for his boots?
All change at Murdoch Towers: Tucker Carlson has hosted his last primetime show at Fox News. His departure was clearly…
Woke Snooze Fest
Congratulations must be extended to the organisers of this year’s Sydney Writers Festival. While a perusal of the 2023 program…
Big Bother Versus Mum and Dad
In Queensland, parents and teachers alike are aghast at a new directive which has been issued by the commissars at…
Why are we allowing solar panels to swallow up our farmland?
We have spent a year talking about energy security, but with inflation in food prices running at 19 per cent,…
Real Madrid and Barcelona go to war over their links to Franco
A match-fixing scandal centred on Barcelona FC has spilled over into politics, showing that decades-old divisions die hard in Spain.…
Giving anonymity to paedophiles is a threat to our justice system
Substantial constraints on the freedom of the press tend to accumulate from seemingly small restrictions. Events last week in a…
Can Joe Biden win again?
In America last week, a 92-year-old media titan agreed to pay out a $787 million (£632 million) settlement with Dominion…
The backlash to ‘renaming’ the Brecon Beacons is a gift to nationalists
‘As tedious as a tired horse…worse than a smoky house’ was how Shakespeare’s Hotspur described Wales’s national hero, Owain Glyndŵr.…
A Chinese diplomat has let slip the truth about Beijing’s foreign policy
The off-colour comment by Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, that post-Soviet countries such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania did…
Can Meloni and Sunak unite to tackle Europe’s migrant crisis?
The number keep rising. Italy’s Interior Ministry announced at the weekend that 35,085 migrants have arrived on their shores this…
The New Right is going nowhere — and knows it
It is an irony of history that the bronze Statue of Freedom which stands tall atop the US Capitol dome…
Only dead fish go with the flow
‘Australia is a great place to live!’ I would tell my audiences. ‘But it only has one major problem, it…
Everyone forgot about Earth Hour
Editor’s Note: Earth Hour is the creation of the World Wildlife Fund. It is an event during which companies and…
Does the Uluru Statement from the Heart violate the Constitution?
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison was the first Australian leader to propose the addition of the ‘First Nations Voice’ to…
Tarantino’s ‘no’ on sex scenes is smart storytelling
US film director, Quentin Tarantino has told a Spanish newspaper, ‘Sex is not part of his vision of cinema.’ The Pulp…
Barry Humphries and ‘The Speccie’
‘But is it publishable, Rowan?’ That was the last exchange I had with Barry Humphries, on the phone earlier this…
Why now is the time to visit Bangkok
In the deliciously darkened corners of the Vesper cocktail bar, in the central quartier of the Siamese capital known as Silom, the…
In praise of burnt Basque cheesecake
Spring, as Chaucer pointed out, occasionally has the curious effect of making people “long on pilgrimage to go / And…
Why China might attack Taiwan
China may well attack Taiwan. According to the CIA, President Xi Jinping has instructed his armed forces to be able…
Scotland awaits the fate of the Third Woman
Scottish politics has never been more febrile. If we go a day without an arrest, a resignation, a revelation about…
Pakistan has reached an inflection point
The holy festival of Eid-ul-Fitr has dawned in Pakistan, marking the end of Ramadan. Celebrations were unusually muted. The month of Ramadan has been harrowing…
Should Italy’s killer bear be sentenced to death?
The female bear that mauled to death a male jogger in the Italian Alps on 5th April was captured this…
