The sad decline of the Scottish Kirk
My memory is that October is cold in Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. Come to think of it, my…
Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder case is Australia’s Trial of the Century
Since its general election a month ago, Australia’s politics have endured their biggest upheaval in fifty years. Its Labor government…
Why Zia Yusuf changed his mind about quitting Reform
Well, that was quick. Within 48 hours of his resignation as party chairman, Zia Yusuf has returned to the Reform…
Hamas doesn’t hold a monopoly on Palestinian terror
Israeli forces operating inside Gaza have retrieved the body of Thai agricultural worker Nattapong Pinta, bringing to a close one…
Why won’t the Met Police deal with Palestine protestors blocking parliament?
Does the Metropolitan Police have more respect for the rights of aggressive protestors than it does for Parliament itself? That’s…
How an international community of do-gooders made the US lose the plot in Yemen
As British Ambassador to Yemen from 2015 to 2017, and later in counterterrorism roles at the UN, I watched with…
The truth about the 1984 miners’ strike
On 6 March 1984, I found myself smack-bang in the middle of the largest industrial dispute in post-war history. As…
How Britain can borrow America’s top scientists
From the time of Newton, Britain led the world in science. That began to change in 1940, when, with the…
What happened to Piers Morgan?
There was great fanfare when Piers Morgan re-entered the world of television three years ago to front a new prime-time…
What being kidnapped taught me about the struggle for Kurdish independence
Twenty-one years ago, I was opportunistically kidnapped by supporters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). In light of the PKK…
Tesco’s ‘VAR’-style self-checkout cameras are the final straw
Tesco has followed Sainsbury’s lead by installing cameras above self-checkouts to identify when shoppers fail to scan an item properly, using the…
The Pandemic Accords: a solution in search of a problem
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accomplished important work in its relatively long lifespan for an international organisation, including the…
The Mississippi used to flow into the Gulf of Mexico … until Trump
The latest of many changes in its history is the only one that hasn’t altered the course of the Mississippi.…
Biden’s FBI targeted ‘radical traditionalist’ Catholics
Most Catholics were well aware of Joe Biden’s, at best, tepid observation of Catholic teachings as president. But even they…
Celestial bodies
The position of two celestial bodies when their longitude differs by 180 degrees, especially in a configuration in which Earth…
Edge of your seat
Great news for admirers of entertaining and refreshingly honest thinking and writing about our world: a bonus volume by the…
