How candid is King Charles being about his cancer treatment?
The news that King Charles’s cancer treatment will be moving into a new phase as of next year is undeniably…
Why does Trump care about Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’?
In Ukraine, as elsewhere in Europe, Donald Trump’s new national security strategy is being met with a mixture of incredulity…
Primal Scream’s Nazi Star of David stunt is unforgivable
It’s hard, in 2025, to call out anti-Semitism. You’ll find yourself besieged by digital armies of apologists for bigotry. ‘It’s…
How terror triumphed at the Christmas market
Mulled wine and Heckler & Koch assault rifles don’t belong together, except in Christmas films like Die Hard. Festive visitors to…
What happened to the Oxford interview?
This week, there’s a strange absence in Oxford. For years, in December, you’d suddenly see a strange invasion of the…
Can Britain afford Aukus?
‘Full steam ahead’: That was the verdict on the Aukus alliance from Defence Secretary John Healey after the United States…
Snow job
Australia’s so-called transition to renewables has been one long deception built on lies, falsehoods, hoaxes and scams. For those of…
Australian Diary
An operation has transformed the way I hear English, just in time for Christmas. So many phrases so right for…
Australian Notes
I only had one wish to Santa this Christmas. All I wanted was a Cop. I wanted Adelaide to win…
The full range of diversions
Who can say what a world of Christmases will unfold this year? Sir Keir Starmer was knighted for services to…
Aussie life
Driving up Noosa North Shore a few weeks ago we joined three other vehicles bogged in the soft sand. All…
Language
I heard ‘begging the question’ being misused (again!) on talkback radio. But let’s not blame the poor old broadcasters –…
