Trouble in Tbilisi: The Lack of Light, by Nino Haratischwili, reviewed
Romance and family feuding Romeo and Juliet-style but on opioids unfold in 1990s Georgia, as civil war rages amid the power cuts
The disturbing allure of sex robots
Kathleen Richardson reveals how certain men now seem to prefer the idea of ‘socially interactive companions’, first pioneered at MIT, to human girlfriends
Few people are as dangerous as an insecure man mocked
A mass murderer will often show signs of despair and fury at being sidelined or laughed at before running amok, warns the forensic psychiatrist Paul E. Mullen
An evening in Austin with Graham Linehan and Meghan Murphy
It’s a telling commentary on our times that an Irish man and a Canadian woman have to go to Texas…
Will SCOTUS strip seats from Democrats?
The headwinds facing Democrats in Congress have been blowing powerfully for some time now. On culture, the economy, law enforcement…
Did the billionaire Binance bro pay for his pardon?
“Better to ask forgiveness than permission.” Those were the words of Changpeng Zhao – the billionaire founder of Binance, the…
Trump’s World Series wind-up
It’s thanks to good old Yankee bravado that baseball’s most important fixture is called the “World Series,” even though it’s…
The fall of Jess Phillips
Is Jess Phillips okay? I can’t be the only one wondering. The safeguarding minister’s increasingly erratic, shirty performances at the…
There’s no such thing as a ‘free’ breakfast club
‘Parents shouldn’t be out of pocket by setting their kids up for school’. So boasted Downing Street, as the government…
Dominic Cummings: why the elites keep getting politics wrong
Last night, Dominic Cummings was interviewed at the O2 by the activist start-up, Looking for Growth. Cummings walked on stage…
NHS slammed for sharing Sandie Peggie data with SNP
Oh dear. NHS Fife has come under fire yet again after it emerged that the health board shared details of…
The joyful return of racing at Cheltenham
Today is a perfect day. Not just any old great day, but the first truly perfect one for over six…
All politics is now about stopping Farage
Who really won the by-election in Caerphilly? I know officially it was Plaid Cymru, and I wouldn’t want to diminish…
Rudakubana’s school knew he was trouble
Quietly, day-by-day, the inquiry into the Southport killings is revealing how disastrous failures of the British state led to Axel…
The Liberals finally get tough on the eSafety Commissioner
Did you know the Australian Financial Review named Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, as the third most culturally powerful…
Bloody Sunday and the battle for Northern Ireland’s past
Soldier F, a former paratrooper accused of shooting dead two unarmed protestors on Bloody Sunday in 1972, has been found…
The hate-filled campaign against professor Ben-Gad
If I didn’t tell you professor Michael Ben-Gad was an Israeli, you could probably figure it out from his response…
Welcome to Balkan Britain
Never has a Welsh Senedd election seemed so interesting; the Caerphilly by election marks a true turning point in history.…
Why Caerphilly may be good news for Starmer
On the face of it, the Caerphilly by-election result is a disaster, a drubbing and a humiliation for Keir Starmer’s…
Is it curtains for Milei?
Javier Milei never professed to be humble. But publishing a book about his presidency entitled Constructing the Miracle? Fronting a…
Plaid Cymru storms to victory in Caerphilly
The Welsh nationalists have won almost half the vote in the Caerphilly by-election, storming to a victory in a seat…
Why Prince Andrew gets more attention than grooming gangs
This week, a group of Pakistani-heritage men appeared in court. The 54-year-old alleged ringleader stands accused of preying on two…
Jerusalem: always was, always will be Israel’s capital
The capital of Israel is Jerusalem, and no amount of diplomatic re-framing can change that fundamental fact. Yet in 2022,…
