Nursing grievances
When Florence Nightingale was joined in Scutari by groups of volunteer nuns, tensions among them soon imperilled the entire female nursing experiment
Who could resist Elmo?
In 1993, Natasha Lance Rogoff was tasked with introducing the American puppets to Russia in the hope of cultivating peace, love and understanding
The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican
Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty’s thrilling mission to save the lives of 6,500 Jews and Allied soldiers in Nazi-occupied Rome doesn’t quite get the memorial it deserves
The Roman circus
Brutality might be expected of a people who fed each other to lions – but it extended even to the elephants the Romans regarded as soulmates
China and the strange history of balloon warfare
China’s ‘spy’ balloon, (or is it an errant weather balloon?), is currently being tracked across America. Picked up above the…
Passion makes you smarter
During my primary schooling in Iran in the early 1970s, I worked at my dad’s workshop every morning and attended…
Game, set and match on Australia’s Covid response
Twelve months ago, Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia for allegedly (and essentially, by way of description from the minister)…
Women prisoners are being let down
The safety of women in prisons cannot be allowed to plummet back down the news agenda after the latest Sturgeon…
The ever-shifting excuses about Hunter Biden’s laptop
Hunter Biden’s defense about his incriminating laptop sounds like an old joke about a trial lawyer who was accused of…
‘Australian Capitalism’: Jim’s philosophising swells rivers of sorrow
Jim Chalmers, Treasurer of Australia, has used his summer to produce a paean to statism. Chalmers’ essay, Capitalism after the…
How will Mason Greenwood fare in the court of public opinion?
Mason Greenwood’s future at Manchester United remains uncertain, but one thing is clear: the footballer will not be available for…
Where have all the blue bottles gone?
It used to be common on some hot summer days at Sydney beaches for surfers to mysteriously wear full-length wetsuits…
Gender self-ID and the challenge for America’s children
America’s Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wisely advised this week that thirteen years of age is too young for kids to…
Europe has lost control of the migrant crisis
Piers Morgan brought out the bulldog in Rishi Sunak during their interview on Thursday evening. ‘If you come here illegally…
Why Putin is channelling his inner Stalin
Vladimir Putin has journeyed to the southern city of Volgograd – better known by its former name of Stalingrad –…
Do mask mandates work?
This week there was an update to a Cochrane review, which studies the way physical interventions can interrupt or reduce the spread…
Why won’t the Palestinian ambassador condemn the Jerusalem massacre?
Husam Zomlot is head of the Palestinian mission to London and an adviser to the country’s president Mahmoud Abbas, currently…
Why after Covid does everyone drive like maniacs?
I’m cruising on an uncongested stretch of Interstate 80 when I see an eighteen-wheeler plodding up the hill ahead. I…
Just a bit of creative accounting!
I can just imagine it. Anthony Albanese, brow furrowed, his poisonous tongue flittering in concentration, grasps a mauve crayon. Scribbled…
There’s a hole in the bucket
Do you know the song, There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza, dear Liza? ‘Song’ might be too strong…
Controversial idea: should we end mandatory schooling?
Forced schooling has had over a century to prove its worth and has been an utter failure to the wellbeing…
Women must defend their single-sex spaces
A woman who works for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), has been asked by the Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response…
Trump forfeits his vaccine success to attack DeSantis
Why would a candidate for the presidency purposefully undermine his greatest achievement in government — one that required the movement…
Democracy in Peru is under attack
For over a month, Peru has been in a state of near-constant unrest. In December, as the legislature threatened to…
Why is Australia’s bank snubbing King Charles?
Traditionally, the reigning monarch has appeared on the lowest denomination of Australia’s banknotes. It is a practice that harks back…
