Saudi Arabia

An unholy cross between Big Ben and Las Vegas, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower stands on an estimated 400 sites of cultural and historical importance

Serving Mammon first

6 December 2014 9:00 am

The Saudis, official custodians of Islam’s holiest place, have bulldozed its historical sites, perverted its religion and turned Mecca into one vast shopping mall, says Justin Marozzi

High life

28 June 2014 9:00 am

When I hear the words Sykes-Picot I more often than not feel like punching an Englishman or a Frog —…

High life

15 March 2014 9:00 am

 Gstaad The American newspaper that prints only news it sees fit to poison good things recently announced ‘The end of…

Armageddon awaits

25 January 2014 9:00 am

Sunni vs Shia, Saudi Arabia vs Iran. A new great war has begun

High life

18 January 2014 9:00 am

Al Goldstein, who died recently and made the front page of the New York Times, was among the world’s most…

High Life

14 December 2013 9:00 am

This Christmas our thoughts need to be with our fellow Christians who are being threatened in the Bible lands. No…

What is Facebook? That’s the problem – nobody really knows

26 October 2013 9:00 am

I’d never noticed that there aren’t any tits on Facebook. The place always seems brimming with right tits to me.…