Hedgehogs
No wild animal is closer to the hearts of the British than the hedgehog. In poll after poll, it has…
Letters
Soft options Sir: In relation to strengthening the impact of the Russian sanctions package (‘Tsar Vladimir’, 26 February), please may…
Absurdities abound
For 20 years of my adult life, I moonlighted as a private tutor. After a full day in the office…
Portrait of the week
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, said of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia: ‘Never in all my study or…
The caring doctress
Mary Seacole may not have qualified as a nurse in the modern sense, but British troops benefited greatly from her healing skills, says Andrew Lycett
At least BP and Shell tried to teach Russia true capitalism
BP will offload the 20 per cent stake in Rosneft, the Kremlin-controlled energy giant, that is the residue of 25…
Lindsey Graham unites the world
It was a beautiful moment of bipartisan unity when, left and right, American and European, young and old, united to…
Is Russia Today finished?
As the British authorities debate whether to ban the propaganda channel of a savage imperialist power, Russia Today is making a…
A 32-year-old time capsule echoes fear of war
I recently bought a property in a quiet rural hamlet nestled in the hills on the way to Mt Baw…
Rest in peace, Shane Warne
Headingly, July 22nd 1993 and the opening day of the fourth test that summer between England and Australia. This, as…
Putin will not survive a failed war in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has had a very bad week. His army, allegedly refurbished after its poor performance in the war against…
Britain should spend more on defence
Britain must spend more on defence. As I say in the Times today the defence budget is already being increased but…
Will Russia’s economy collapse?
How quickly can a G20 economy collapse? That question has come to the fore this week, as the world has…
Will the Russian Stock Exchange ever reopen?
It is one thing for western companies, funds, investment trusts and others to promise to divest from Russian assets. But…
The Russian army is failing – but not enough to lose the war
There have been three major surprises for military analysts since the Russian military invaded Ukraine. The first has been the…
A wave of anti-Russian hysteria is sweeping across the West
McCarthyism is an overused word, I know. But really, what other word will do to describe the sacking of a…
How Putin wins the war
There was a revealing comment yesterday from Robert Habeck, the German economics minister. It is a comment that inadvertently suggests…
Did the move to the free market unleash Russia’s demons?
Back in 2009 on an unseasonably warm autumn evening in Moscow, I was walking to dinner with a banker friend,…
Russia’s war is not a Trump redux
I hate going back, again, to Orwell, but since the world is intent on using Nineteen Eighty-Four as an instructional…
Kyiv falls: then what?
Taking control of Kyiv is one thing. Taking control of the entire country is quite another. But even if Putin…
Kids Helpline goes Woke
It shouldn’t surprise that under the heading ‘Sexual Identity’ the internet-based Kids Helpline promotes gender fluidity and diversity to children…
Stop these ‘fuelish’ policies
‘God was on the side of the nation that had the oil.’ – Prof. Wakimura, Tokyo Imperial University. Russia is…
Watching lambs leading lions
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Munich regarding the Ukraine crisis days before the invasion began. ‘Through those 70 years [post the…
Pro-Ukraine citizens clash with authorities in Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia After one week of fighting, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already caused far-reaching geopolitical consequences, most of which…
Hold on to your hats, boys
The greatest ever social media spat took place before the first tweet was sent, and was conducted via fax, which…