The great G7 jacket wars
It’s the G7 and as world leaders gather here’s the big question: who wore it better – Dr Jill and the psychobabble elder-care…
Prince William won’t save the Union
Can the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge save the Union? Officials at Buckingham Palace are reported to be drawing up…
My plastic crack
Anyone born in the seventies or eighties will know that those were the golden years for collectable, mass-produced toys. It…
The increasing cruelty of the North Korean regime
On a humid summer’s day in Singapore three years ago today, Donald Trump became the first incumbent US president to…
The manhunt dividing Belgium
Belgium’s leading virologist is in hiding, holed up with his family in a government safe house. The reason? A right-wing…
When feminists fight back
We have been told that our mere presence as academics makes students feel unsafe. We have been threatened with violence,…
How Starmer can beat Boris
How should Keir Starmer deal with a problem like Boris Johnson? Despite the Prime Minister’s mistakes in the handling of…
The looming medical apartheid
As is well known, the Afrikaans word apartheid means “apartness”. In South Africa, this involved keeping blacks and whites apart. We have moved on from…
Bat soup crazy
In this week’s issue, Rebecca Weisser looks at the disgraceful way in which ‘the experts’ got it so wrong on…
Brown study
As you know, politics is now part of the entertainment industry. As a result, journalists and the commentariat demand a…
Dis-con notes
Why no action on the ABC? What possible reason can any conservative have for voting for the Morrison government? Neil…
Australian notes
Dark legacy of the anti-Israel rallies Aat the conclusion of a massive pro-Palestinian rally at London’s Trafalgar Square, a convoy…
Dylan
Bob Dylan turned 80 the other week. Does that seem to consign not just the vanished twentieth century but the…
Festival music in Townsville
For those music lovers who can travel, the prospect of a festival in Townsville in mid-winter is an alluring one.…
Kiwi Life
Of the various little stories about the rather wonderful Joni Mitchell in her early years, my favourite concerns Leonard Cohen.…
Kiwi Language
A friend of mine recently sent me a notice from a big law firm announcing the introduction of ‘Gender Affirmation…
An addiction catastrophe
The Sacklers’ callous greed has unleashed a tsunami of pain, says Ian Birrell
