Ambition and delusion: The Director, by Daniel Kehlmann, reviewed
Returning from Hollywood to Austria to care for his mother in 1939, the film director G.W. Pabst is seduced by ‘good scripts, high budgets and the best actors’ into working for Dr Goebbels
An unlikely alliance: Drayton and Mackenzie, by Alexander Starritt, reviewed
Two university contemporaries with next to nothing in common find themselves working together to disrupt electricity generation with a scheme to turn tidal power into light
The enigma of Tiger Woods
The Tiger Woods industry continues to flourish, but the man himself never now gives interviews, so any insights into his feelings are second-hand at best
The tragedy of a life not lived: Slanting Towards the Sea, by Lidija Hilje reviewed
The story of a doomed love affair in turn-of-the-millennium Croatia aches from the start. But more haunting still are the missed opportunities that result from it
Germany has become a useful ally for Britain
Yesterday the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited London for the first time since he took office in May. He and…
The plight of the Druze
Over 500 people are estimated to have been killed in the ongoing sectarian clashes between the Druze and Bedouin populations…
Is Mike Lee a bad Mormon?
Politico recently published a piece titled “Mike Lee Can’t Stop Throwing Social Media Grenades. His Church Isn’t Happy.” It cast…
Commons blow Lords away in shooting cup
The big guns of parliament were out in force this morning. The annual cross-party Commons v Lords shooting match has…
Labour will regret bringing in electric car subsidies
This week the British government introduced subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs). But as they have failed to first adopt sensible…
Jenrick accuses Yusuf of ‘bulls**t’ over Twitter post
Never mind uniting the right, there’s more talk of fighting the right today as the feud between Tory MP Robert…
Shapps accused of trying to ‘rewrite history’ over MoD leak
To the Ministry of Defence leak, which has created a flurry of news this week after journalists were eventually allowed…
Shane Gillis: MVP of the ESPYs
Okay, I’ll admit it: Shane Gillis made the ESPYs entertaining. Gillis was the only person worth talking about. If not…
Stephen Colbert kills The Late Show
“When you die at the palace, you really die at the palace,” laments Comicus, the ancient Roman “stand-up philosopher” played…
The shamelessness of Diane Abbott
Labour was dead right to suspend Diane Abbott. Britain is experiencing one of the worst eruptions of anti-Jewish hatred in…
We should raise, not lower, the voting age
Keir Starmer’s decision to lower the voting age to 16 is widely seen as a cynical attempt to secure votes,…
Was Trump in Epstein’s birthday book?
Bombshell or damp squib? The Wall Street Journal has dived into L’Affaire Epstein with a vengeance, reporting tonight that Donald…
