Looking back in anguish: Good Good Loving, by Yvvette Edwards, reviewed
Close to death, Ellen recalls her 49-year marriage to philandering Clyde and wonders what she’s done to deserve her children’s censure
With no coherent strategy, Britain seems perpetually adrift in the world
But rather than stagger from one global crisis to another, we could unite the disparate tools we still possess and truly take back control, says Jack Watling
Riddled with contradictions: the enigma of Jan Morris
The self-made woman remained obstinately masculine; the admirer of imperialism was a passionate Welsh nationalist; and the travel writer could be both superficial and profound
This Easter, eat rabbit
Dissonance is necessary around Easter. Fluffy lambs and chicks are everywhere: on cards and decorations, in countless chocolate forms and…
Reform should be wary of Farage fatigue
Nigel Farage has spent the best part of three decades positioning himself as the outsider who might one day break…
Net Zero nations trapped in mad race for oil
World leaders attempt to ‘talk open’ the Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump is going on a firing spree
The surprising thing isn’t that Donald Trump fired his attorney general Pam Bondi and appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…
Will my Italian family finally support England in the world cup?
Dante’s Beach, Ravenna I was at the wheel of our Land Rover Defender on Wednesday with my middle daughter Magdalena…
What the death of my beloved son taught me about Easter
The hawthorn hedges are white with blossom; the countryside looks set for a wedding. Even in the small garden of…
Why the keffiyeh classes have forgiven Kanye West
And there you have it. Britain is a country where a musician who says “Heil Hitler” gets to headline festivals…
Bondi out: is Trump culling the beautiful women from his cabinet?
More like Pam Gone-di! President Trump this afternoon confirmed that Attorney General Pam Bondi would be moving on to pastures…
Is Reform’s Simon Dudley right about building safety?
Trade-offs and compromises are part of all government policy. One day’s priority can easily be eclipsed by the next day’s…
What we get wrong about extremism
Last year I obtained a leaked copy of the new government’s ‘counter-extremism sprint’. It caused a huge political backlash –…
The blood of Denby pottery is on Labour’s hands
I’m not sure just how quickly the Labour government is actually moving Britain towards being ‘net zero’, but it is…
The one hurdle to Trump taking America out of Nato
Donald Trump has never liked the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato). Disagreements have been managed before and problems deferred, but…
Labour admits it wants children to vote
When is an adult not an adult? It’s a question that the Labour party does not seem to be able…
The state completely failed Valdo Calocane’s victims
On June 13, 2023, a mentally ill man named Valdo Calocane went on a rampage in Nottingham, murdering 65-year-old caretaker…
How could Wireless festival book Kanye West?
Here’s a surprise. For over two years the Mayor of London has maintained a Trappist vow over the regular hate…
Will Artemis II fulfil our Space Age dreams?
As the Artemis II mission thundered into the sky last night, a full moon rose above Cape Canaveral. It was…
The new rotten boroughs of accountability
Technology should not replace Parliament; it should discipline it
The breach of trust fuelling One Nation
One Nation is now the most intriguing phenomenon in Australian politics. Thirty years after Pauline Hanson first entered federal Parliament,…
Reform will regret its commitment to the pensions triple lock
Reform UK has just made what could turn out to be an enormous error. Its Treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick, has committed…
The BBC’s real crime is its relentless political bias
I am not convinced that the BBC did very much wrong regarding Scott Mills. No matter how boring the BBC’s…
