Does Qatar still hold the key to a Hamas hostage deal?
Qatar is the Middle East’s mediator-in-chief. The assassination of Hamas’s senior leadership and Gaza War’s regionalisation to Lebanon have not…
History has been cruel to Wallis Simpson
If there is one thing that Paul French’s forthcoming book Her Lotus Year should put right about Wallis Simpson, the…
Whistleblower police
The feminists have it all sewn up. All it took was very effective bullying of politicians to have draconian legislation…
Academic elites and the status quo
Western universities have often prided themselves on being places of open debate, where all viewpoints could be heard, criticised, and…
Covid inquiry fails
The government’s Covid-19 inquiry, the results of which were announced this week, can be summed up in five words: ‘The…
The all-powerful hand of the director
When that writer of spare French prose André Gide was asked who the greatest French poet was he replied, ‘Hugo,…
Aussie life
Despite historically owning less property than men, women have always exerted a powerful influence in the sector. Like lyre birds,…
Language
When human rights commissions were established both federally and in all the states, we assumed this was a good thing…
The glaring mismatch in English football
Your starter for ten: who was the last English manager to win the top flight of English football? Treat yourself…
Does ‘tummy’ turn your stomach?
‘How old does he think you are?’ asked my husband when I told him my GP had asked me if…
Team Trump: who’s in – and who’s out?
If Donald Trump wins back the White House next week, adopt the brace position. His opponents will go beserk, inevitably,…
Martin has worn down my defences
Provence My older, adopted sister came to stay. She suffers from peripheral neuropathy secondary to diabetes and is registered disabled.…
Will Keir Starmer get me banned from football games?
Last Saturday, I made the 400-mile round trip to Burnley with my 16-year-old son Charlie to see Queens Park Rangers…
