Did he/didn’t he?
Good witches and witches dubbed bad and born green. Wicked is one of those pieces of musical theatre that will…
Aussie life
Memory is tricky. Wandering the Paris end of Collins street sipping espresso, waving to paroled Extinction Rebellion protesters, and thinking…
Language
We wordsmiths have a principle that ‘a text without a context is a pretext’. This matters because of what some…
Why the fuss over The Spectator’s sale?
This diary is late. Two months late. The columnists who missed my Evening Standard deadlines often had elaborate excuses. Mine…
British families deserve a tax break
I am delighted to report that some £800,000 of taxpayers’ money is to be spent ‘remediating’ the works of Robert…
How Ukraine plans to revive its birth rate
In my village in Ukraine, there aren’t many families left intact. The funerals of those who have been killed in…
Why I’m fighting to ban smartphones for children
I am not often lost for words, but the five middle-aged homeless men who spoke at the Big Issue celebration…
In defence of forgiveness
It is often the small constants in the culture that give the game away. Much of the news today is…
