Conspiracy theories are as old as witch hunts
To millions of people across America, Hillary Clinton sits atop a global network of satanic child-traffickers and is battling an…
From street urchin to superstar: the unlikely career of Al Pacino
Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino’s lover-cum-prime- suspect in his comeback movie Sea of Love (1989), once dismissed the artifice of the…
An otherworldly London: The Great When, by Alan Moore, reviewed
Is occult knowledge even possible in the age of the internet? If a recondite author obsessed you back in the…
Doctor in trouble: Time of the Child, by Niall Williams, reviewed
In the early 1960s, glimmers of change start to appear in the Irish ‘backwater’ parish of Faha. A smuggled copy…
Why must medieval mysticism be treated as a malady?
Medieval women – they were ‘just like us’. Except that they weren’t. Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife is the first popular…
The enduring mystery of Goethe’s Faust
A.N. Wilson has never been afraid of big subjects. His previous books have tackled the Victorians, Charles Dickens, Dante, Jesus…
The stark, frugal world of Piet Mondrian
In September 1940 the Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian arrived in New York, a refugee from war and the London…
Is it up to pop stars to save the planet now?
‘Walking by the banks of the Chao Praya on a breezy evening after a day of intense heat,’ writes Sunil…
Pennsylvania nuns fight back against false voter fraud claims
A Pennsylvania order of nuns is threatening legal action over false voter fraud claims from a political operative with a…
Will this end the ridiculous charade of males in women’s sports?
I’ve long liked to think that if I was a really big girl I would transition to compete in the…
I can handle Trump, Farage tells Labour
Nigel Farage was on gregarious and ebullient form at our Americano US election event in Westminster last night. He confidently…
Trojan horses aplenty at CHOGM
The King is at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) foolishly preaching Climate Change and tip-toeing around the incredibly…
Will the Tories suspend Alan Duncan?
Oh dear. Sir Alan Duncan is at it again. Back in April the former Tory minister was investigated by the…
The dawn of a post-national Australia
The globalisation of our economy is a 20th Century phenomenon that has attracted much commentary in the past, yet it…
A wonky prime minister and straw man treasurer
We don’t have a Willy Wonka and a Candy Man. We have a wonky Prime Minister and a straw man…
What’s the point of banning Elf bars?
Part of me wishes that disposable vapes had never been invented. Until they arrived, it seemed like the battle for…
Is Airbnb to blame for rising crime in London?
Does Airbnb drive up crime in London? That’s the question posed of the world’s most successful short-term rental service in…
Could there be a Tory leadership upset?
The end is finally in sight. In a week’s time, the winner of the Conservative leadership contest will be announced.…
The real problem with Rachel Reeves’s Budget fiddle
Remember Gordon Brown’s ‘golden rule’ – that over the course of the economic cycle the only net borrowing he would…
Farage blasts ambassador picks for Trump 2.0
It’s the question all of Westminster is asking. If Donald Trump wins, who will be our next man in Washington?…
