The enemy within
The 61st Security Conference held being held in Munich from 14 to 16 February 2025 is aimed at providing opportunities…
Gaslighting
Censorship exists to protect bad ideas from public scrutiny. Because it is effectively a toxic four-letter notion, governments in thrall…
Is compulsory voting the cure to Gen Z’s political disengagement?
Here’s another reason, as if any more were needed, why Australian democracy is in trouble. The voting behaviour of Gen…
Could Ukraine descend into civil war?
US President Donald Trump has announced that peace talks with Putin are set to begin ‘immediately’. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
Starmer is in denial about the high cost of defence
It is hard to think of a recent prime minister whose first months in office have seen defence in the…
How seriously will Putin take Ukraine negotiations?
We have no idea whether Vladimir Putin is serious about peace negotiations with Ukraine. He may simply be going through…
France’s churches are burning – and no one seems to care
France’s churches are under attack, yet the media and political establishment are pretending not to notice. Last year, we saw…
Bring back shortwave!
Aeschylus is credited first for the time-worn aphorism that in war, truth is the first casualty. But in the next…
Donald Trump has blown apart America’s failing status quo
Political science uses anaemic jargon. The ‘Overton Window’ frames all topics that at any given moment are deemed to be…
Hell breaks loose
The deadline imposed by President Donald Trump, and endorsed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for the release of all hostages…
Newsreader fascinates
It’s a fascinating thing that The Newsreader is back on ABC iview. This is the soap about a couple of…
Aussie life
In the UK, where I have just spent a few weeks, Christmas officially starts when you can’t enter a supermarket…
Language
As Joe Biden rushed (sorry, stumbled) out of the doors of the White House, he flung around things called ‘pre-emptive…
Letters: The real value of independent schools
Strength of service Sir: Matthew Lynn and Steven Bailey (Letters, 1 February) are quite wrong to deplore the decline of…
How to get a table at Audley Public House
The Audley Public House is on the corner of North Audley Street and Mount Street in Mayfair, opposite the Purdey…
