The first intercessor
The Catholic church has always venerated Mary (‘Mother of God’) above other saints. But in recent years there has been…
Sorry is the hardest word
It is uncanny how swiftly British culture imitates the worst of American culture. Take Whoopi Goldberg, who distinguished herself again…
Partygate’s hangover
Afew weeks ago it seemed that the issue of Downing Street parties over lockdown had been usurped by a more…
The Spectator’s Notes
Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands 40 years ago. I had joined the Daily Telegraph as a reporter in 1979 and…
In love and war
As Europe descended into chaos, the middle-aged Picasso remained as bullish as ever, says Craig Raine
It’s time to bang some heads together
Glasses chinked. From massive chandeliers, lights glittered beneath the high vaulted ceiling; heroic statuary around the carved stone walls stared…
Same garbage – different flies
The Australian Budget was a profound disappointment. Not one useless law was repealed, not one tax was abolished, and not…
Is this the end of Imran Khan?
Imran Khan’s innings as the Pakistani Prime Minister may be coming to an end. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, one of…
Ukraine shouldn’t get a free pass to the World Cup
Should Ukraine be given a free pass into this year’s football World Cup? Boris Johnson has given his support to…
Ukraine must win to deter future conflict
There are signs Putin may be prepared to limit his ambitions and settle for a portion of East Ukraine. President…
Last minute legal manoeuvres: WA delay trial of Falconer case
At an urgent hearing late on March 28, the evening before Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA Police…
Frydenberg’s Budget is a spendathon, but is it any good?
The government’s much-anticipated 2022-23 Budget contains the usual set of massive spending programs characteristic of an election year. Many of…
What is a woman? James asks ‘every politician in the Western world’
At the exact moment totalitarian regimes in Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran are threatening global peace and stability, the…
What if Hunter Biden actually gets indicted?
More news is breaking daily on America’s favorite pipe artist. But if you looked at Hunter Biden’s inner circle, you…
Anti-Semitism is alive and well in Britain’s schools
My children have never felt the need to hide their Jewishness. That’s the heart of it, I suppose. A few…
‘McKinseygate’ won’t bring down Macron
We are in the final stretch before the first round of voting in the French presidential election on 10 April…
Zelensky has saved Boris
Labour will try all it can to bring up the subject at every opportunity; as will a few backbench MPs.…
Ian Blackford’s six step guide to untold riches
Inflation. Energy spikes. Tax hikes. Low growth. It’s a tough time for hard-pressed Britons at present. The cost of living…
Putin’s mines will plague Ukraine for years to come
A Ukrainian colleague told me a joke yesterday. ‘We used to believe the Russians had the second best army in…
Inside the Kremlin’s great lie machine
Believe it or not, it’s only 36 days since Vladimir Putin launched an unprovoked and premeditated attack on Ukraine. It’s…
Wokeism: the next big religion
One of the more intriguing aspects of neo-Marxist inspired wokeness, notwithstanding its avowed secular nature and hostility to Christianity, is…
There’s no such thing as a ‘global citizen’
Watchers of the news might be forgiven for thinking the Biden administration is worried about the election-year optics of more…
Time to invoke the 25th Amendment against Biden?
President Biden’s senile verbal blunders over the past few days have prompted renewed speculation over his mental competency. It’s even…
Can the ABC be accused of racism?
I think it’s a legitimate question. With monotonous regularity, we get fact-free, ideological rants masquerading as news on their various…
There is still no rape crisis on campus
Five years ago, the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted a million-dollar survey to try to find evidence of a rape…
