The devotion of Elizabeth II
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is one of those special historical moments of near-universal feeling: a common, transcendent moment…
Our ‘matter-of-fact’ Queen in life and in death
The public outpouring of emotion and deep sorrow being expressed around the world following the death of Queen Elizabeth II…
The sharp decline since Paris
Returning from the 2015 Paris Agreement, former Clinton Energy chief Joe Romm, proclaimed: ‘You know, change happens slowly, until it happens…
Norway says ‘no’ to a gas price cap
One implication of the Russian gas shut-off is that Norway has now become the EU’s largest single supplier of natural…
President Biden still can’t get a grip on inflation
Oil prices have been falling steeply, reducing prices at the pumps. Wheat prices have dropped as supplies from Ukraine start…
New York Times in civil war over WFH
It’s a grim old time in Westminster at the moment. The Queen is dead, prices are up, inflation is rampant…
Can we trust the official employment figures?
In this week of mourning, much of the news which would normally get covered has sunk without trace. Even so,…
Will New Zealand ever become a republic?
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that her government will not be pursuing any moves toward changing…
Has war broken out again between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Overnight, it seems as if a new war might have broken out in Europe. Armenian authorities claim that at least…
Activists misplace their anger
By now, we have all heard that university professor Uju Anya did not like Queen Elizabeth II and regarded her…
Good news out of Canada!
I’m a native-born Canadian. When it comes to politics I virtually never say, ‘Look at the good news coming out…
Social Justice and the end of civility
How activists and academics justify hateful speech as an ‘act of postcolonial resistance’
David Bowie was not authentic
The death of the Queen has led to a host of peculiar postponements. Perhaps the strangest was the announcement that…
Has your eco-anxiety got the better of you?
Are you suffering from a bout of eco-anxiety? Do you feel angry and infuriated about the lack of Climate Change…
Has Faruqi forgotten Islam’s colonising history?
In the first televised Christmas Broadcast in 1957, a young Queen Elizabeth II said something remarkably prescient and poignant: ‘The trouble is…
Who’s afraid of firing Trevor Sinclair?
Trevor Sinclair is in trouble again. The former England footballer, who is now a pundit for TalkSport, has been taken…
Why conservatives are happier than liberals
Ross Pomeroy, editor of RealClearScience, calls it “one of the most surefire findings in all of social psychology, repeatedly replicated…
Would Putin take an ‘off ramp’ out of Ukraine?
Over the past few days, the Ukrainians have upended assumptions about the war with Russia. They have shown it was…
Putin is cornered
On the evening of Sunday 11 September, a general alert was announced in nearly all the regions of Ukraine. A…
Why are some French mayors refusing to honour the Queen?
Why, asked a French mayor at the weekend, has he been ordered to fly his town’s flag at half-mast for…
Police should leave anti-monarchist protesters alone
No one should ever be arrested for what they think or say. It is remarkable – and depressing – that…
The Brit-bashing fetish of American broadcasters
Comparing the Russian and American royal coverage of the last few days, you’d never guess which was on the UK’s…
Britain is teetering on the edge of recession
One of Liz Truss’s suggestions on the leadership campaign trail was that her economic agenda could avoid recession. But one…
How the Queen helped to fix Germany
The Brandenburg Gate has often reflected the state of the German nation. Throughout the centuries, Berlin’s iconic landmark has been…
I’ve become a war addict
It is an almost unquestioned orthodoxy that war is hell, and that every needless death in a needless war diminishes…
