Naz Shah’s new community cohesion effort
Oh dear. It was just two weeks ago that Labour’s Naz Shah found herself in trouble for attending a pro-Palestinian…
Will Boris Johnson be one of the great prime ministers?
Boris Johnson may have been unable to work his magic on the burghers of Chesham as he did on fellow…
Biden and Putin have left Britain out in the cold
It would probably be wrong to say that Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin got on like a house on fire.…
Churchill, Cambridge and the battle for history
Is the tide in the so-called culture wars beginning to turn? Recent evidence suggests that at least a mainstream effort…
King of Fortress Wales: an interview with Mark Drakeford
Mark Drakeford sits opposite me in a small conference room on the third floor of Cathays Park, the nucleus of…
Cannes goes off the planet
Seemingly infected by Thunbergism, the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, set to run from July 6 – 17, has re-imagined itself…
America isn’t back. Global grandstanding is
‘America is back at the table,’ Joe Biden wants us to know. ‘Diplomacy is back.’ After four years of Donald…
Why Warwick’s Covid modelling doesn’t add up
This week began with more frightening graphs from SPI-M, the government’s scientific modelling committee. A team at Warwick University calculated…
The dark past of Iran’s new presidential favourite
‘Each vote counts…come and vote and choose your president. This is important for the future of your country.’ These were…
Are England fans allowed to be proud of the St George’s Cross?
It’s starting to feel like the only flag you can’t fly in England is the England flag. Wave the Pride…
Fake emu oil, real decline
Talkfests are rarely inspiring but the G7 summit last weekend was the final straw. Irritating, unmasked leaders tottered around the…
Andrea Riseborough
National Treasure is a remarkable piece of TV drama, and it looks for a long, bewildering moment like a masterpiece.…
Divine Vinyl Survives
Two weeks ago, a fire broke out at the Universal Studios in Hollywood, 13 years to the day after another…
Aussie Life
One of the advantages of being an internet sensation is that it greatly reduces the likelihood of you being eaten.…
Aussie Language
The settlement of Christian Porter’s defamation action against the ABC produced the predictable sneering responses from the activists at the…
