Low life
‘Get ready for the stink,’ said Oscar as we walked up the concrete ramp to the entrance of the ape…
Not bloody likely
In My Fair Lady, which came out as a film in 1964, 50 years after Shaw’s Pygmalion, they decided to…
Real life
‘I’m afraid you’ve made a mistake with my council tax,’ I said to the lady at Guildford Borough Council. ‘Right,’…
Hacked off with the haka
Kingsley Amis said the most depressing words in the English language were ‘Shall we go straight in?’ — meaning no…
Why I’m backing Corbyn the Great
Comrades. I’m going to tell you why I think Jeremy Corbyn is the right person to lead this country. First…
The turf
Nobody I know has ever been interviewed by an opinion pollster. Nor do I ever encounter anybody who has won…
May needs her party
As if we needed reminding, this past week has shown that the Islamist threat is a truly global problem. In…
Letters
Terrorists’ guilt Sir: A small contribution to the psychological war: when the next atrocity happens, could the BBC and other…
Brown study
A sigh of relief swept through Australia on budget night when Prime Minister Trumble announced that he had discovered the…
Simon Collins
‘That sounded like gunfire,’ said one of my dinner companions, glancing towards the window. We were a quarter of a…
Parliamentary moves
With the election dominating the news, this week I focus on the strongest chess player to have entered Parliament. Marmaduke…
Portrait of the week
Home Eight people were killed and 48 taken to hospital when three men, in a hire van travelling south shortly…
Diary
Hundreds of terrorists and suspected terrorists have gone through the British educational system. Yet amid all the pre-election talk about…
Why hasn’t the Remain dog barked in this election?
The hopes of those who want Britain to stay in the EU have been dashed by this election. There has…
The post-truth is out there
In a political ‘post-truth’ world, currently the subject of a slew of books, emotions and personal belief are said to…
Honey Badgers make me cringe
I want to believe. I really, really do. I want to believe that all this post-conservative ‘New Right’ stuff. I…
Malcolm and May: separated at birth?
July 2, 2016. Stable government. Fourteen seats lost. A majority of one. June 8, 2017. Strong, stable leadership in the…
Australia through Waleed Aly’s distorted lens
Just how many careers can Melbourne academic and media celebrity Waleed Aly cram into his day? Waleed, we now know, because his tag…
Six ways you’ve ruined your newspaper
From your favourite chipwrapper and mine. Vital news that demonstrates the importance of independent, quality media. Vital news that demonstrates…
An attack on Andrew Bolt — and all believers in free speech
I know Andrew Bolt moderately. For a time I appeared on The Bolt Report. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting…
Diary
Hundreds of terrorists and suspected terrorists have gone through the British educational system. Yet amid all the pre-election talk about…
The potato’s finest hour
From ‘Our friends the vegetables’, 9 June 1917. The food shortage, and the consequent necessity of planting every available space with…
Why hasn’t the Remain dog barked in this election?
The hopes of those who want Britain to stay in the EU have been dashed by this election. There has…
Building block
Liverpool is the New York of Europe. The business district looks like old Wall Street: a miniature Lower Manhattan on…
The climate policy “discussion” sham
Hastily conceived panel discussions are seldom a good idea, yet that’s precisely what the Brookings Institute rushed into following President…
