Muddle Land: creating an unsolvable mess
Drawn in Magic Marker and selling over 100 million copies since the 1970s, Roger Hargreaves’ Mr Men characters overcome their…
Why is bitcoin surging following SVB’s collapse?
For more than a decade, bitcoin bores have been banging on about cryptocurrency as the future of money. The emergence…
Budget Poll: half of voters see Tories as a high tax party
It wasn’t so long ago that the Conservatives won a landslide on Boris Johnson’s pledge not to put up income…
Is Putin struggling to maintain his strongman image?
China’s president Xi Jinping has arrived in Russia for the start of a three day state visit. The aim of the trip, according…
In praise of the dashcam citizens policing our roads
Jeremy Bentham, thou shouldst be alive and doing a ton through the Mickleham Bends at this hour. Bentham’s great contribution to carceral theory,…
It’s no surprise the pandemic boom in cycling is over
In modern society, we live with a conundrum: there’s no need to endure physical discomfort of any kind, but unless…
Can the Liberal Democrats become relevant again?
With neither the Conservatives nor the Labour party keen to talk publicly at least about softening Brexit, is there a…
Credit Suisse’s takeover delivers a shock to bond investors
If the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS was supposed to calm markets, it is not looking that way…
Rishi Sunak faces judgment day on his Brexit deal
Rishi Sunak has received plaudits from MPs, foreign leaders and the media over the Windsor Framework. Yet the deal has…
The trials and triumphs of Jacqueline Gold
By all accounts, Jacqueline Gold, the executive chair of Ann Summers who has died aged 62, was a devoted family woman. This…
The last thing we need is more TV adaptations of Dickens
Allow me to introduce you to a fun game you can play in your own parlour. You take it in…
20 years on: How The Spectator covered the Iraq war
This morning, two decades ago, ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ began. A bombing campaign of ‘shock and awe’ was launched, with George…
Let Women Speak event hijacked: clowns to the left of Moira, Nazis to the right
John Pesutto advised Moira Deeming on Sunday night that her position in the Victorian Parliamentary Party was untenable after she…
J.D. Vance makes a big, bipartisan first impression
J.D. Vance gained prominence in 2016 for appealing to two camps. His critique of the roots of rural poverty, relayed…
Moira Deeming should not be expelled
John Pesutto has declared his intention to expel Moira Deeming from her position as a member of the parliamentary Liberal…
Credit Suisse has been bought out – but at what cost?
Another Sunday, another banking takeover swiftly arranged before markets open on Monday morning. This time Credit Suisse has agreed to be…
Is the banking system on the brink?
Has a full-scale banking crisis been avoided? UBS has just swooped to take over its rival Credit Suisse, paying for…
How to wine and dine
If you dare to host a dinner party, said Brillat-Savarin, you must be prepared to be responsible for your guests’…
Chimeras: the monsters of man
In 2021, under the cover of Covid, scientists from China, Spain, and America created embryos that shared human and macaque…
The Christian vote is searching for a home
In this final week of the upcoming NSW State election, there is still much angst amongst Christians on how best…
The Melbourne art scene: diluted mediocrity
The building is ugly and the inside is confusing. There are people everywhere and you have to look around for…
Australia’s erosion of informed consent and the avoidable death of children
Deception can be lethal. The last three years of Covid have taught us that. Adding to the pile of disconcerting…
Why women should stop taking the pill
The notorious Infowars host Alex Jones once opined that he didn’t like the government “putting chemicals in the water that turn the…
To win, the Liberals must destroy the climate cult
Scrolling through Instragram, I came across a likable North Shore member running for the New South Wales state election. He’s…
Are we failing to learn lessons from the Holocaust?
Ninety years ago this week, the acting chief of the Munich Police Department held a press conference. The new man…
