The endless allure of the Shipping Forecast
The Shipping Forecast on Radio 4, 100 years old this October, seems to have achieved the impossible. Few people know the places…
Tiger Tiger burnt so bright
For those who never really took an interest, Tiger Tiger will be best remembered for its bomb. In a foiled…
Uruguay’s elections have become overshadowed by a referendum
Uruguayans have long been able to look across the Rio Plata to their larger and louder neighbours in Argentina and…
The strike on Iran marks a dramatic change in Israel’s tactics
On the night of 26 October, Israel conducted an aerial strike on Iran, marking the latest move in the ongoing…
Crisafulli will be the next Queensland premier
‘Tonight, Queenslanders voted for change. Tonight, Queenslanders voted for David Crisafulli!’ Or so went the new Premier’s intro and standing…
Police probe alleged Labour MP assault
It’s a big week for Labour ahead of the Budget on Wednesday. So it is somewhat sub-optimal then that a…
Is India BRIC(K)ed-in?
Despite joining the Quad alliance in 2022, (Australia, Japan, India, and the US), India continues to tread a difficult, non-aligned…
Astonishing cost, miserable return
It will take a long time to undo the damage done to our energy grid
The man behind Georgia’s pro-Putin turn
‘He wasn’t my first billionaire, so I kind of knew my way around him’, a senior US diplomat who plied…
What Fight Club got right
There are three great makers of popular man-art working in Hollywood today – Michael Mann, Christopher Nolan and David Fincher…
Trump runs the Joe Rogan gauntlet
Can a single podcast episode change the outcome of a presidential election, and consequently, of history? If former president Donald…
Not even ‘working people’ will be protected from tax hikes
Does Labour regret its decision to redefine the meaning of a ‘working person’? The original understanding of the term seemed…
Israel does not want full-scale war with Iran
Just over three weeks after Iran attacked Israel with 200 ballistic missiles, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) finally launched a…
Will Israel strike Iran again?
Israel’s major airstrike operation deep within Iranian territory last night was unprecedented, reportedly targeting over 20 military sites in a…
How the French left is fuelling the small boats crisis
Three more migrants drowned off the French coast this week when their overcrowded and flimsy boat sank. In response to…
The West’s green agenda is abandoning Africa to China
In the remote Ludewa district of southern Tanzania, villagers scratch out a meagre living in harsh conditions. The roads are…
Why are Germans happy to continue paying a dog tax?
Local authorities in Germany are making more money than ever from dogs – or their owners to be precise. The…
How cozy is Tim Walz with China?
The term ‘old friend of the Chinese people’ has a sentimental, almost innocent ring, but the Chinese Communist party (CCP)…
Does Keir Starmer know what a working person is?
First, Keir Starmer struggled to define what a woman is. Now, he’s having difficulty explaining what counts as a working…
Black sovereignty
There was, understandably, considerable consternation this week over the shenanigans of a possum-skin-clad Senator Lidia Thorpe cavorting around the Great…
Mac attack
Trump victory imminent
Having your thunder stolen
The fate of a commentary writer
Voice anniversary & the battle of the sexes
Gen Z long for a past they never had
A bad idea, executed badly
The Voice one year on
Australia’s export vandalism
How we are self-harming our own prosperity
