Ebrahim Raisi’s successor could be worse
It is doubtful that Ebrahim Raisi, the ‘butcher of Tehran’, would have experienced a moral epiphany had he been shown…
Iran’s president and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have been killed in a helicopter crash in north-western…
In defence of Jonathan Yeo
If the basic job of a work of art is to be interesting, as I think it is, then Jonathan…
Inside Scotland’s Post Office scandal
For victims of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, this week is an important one. Paula Vennells,…
The making and un-making of a feminist radical: my story
Nothing was ever said about the good that men had done and continued to do
In defence of parliamentary procedure
Gabrielle de Vietri is a member of the Victorian Parliament. In my view, it’s time she acted like it. A…
Which Tory contenders are on weight-loss drugs?
It’s the surest sign that a politician is on maneuvers: a slimmer waistline and a sharper suit. But are some…
Painting Gina: National Gallery hypocrisy over cruel Rinehart portrait
It is absurd to me that Rinehart, as the portrait’s subject, seems without agency
Labour silent over Welsh First Minister’s £31,000
For 25 years, Welsh Labour has ruled Cardiff Bay with an iron fist. But these days, the party’s grip over…
We’re not multicultural. We have one culture. The Australian culture
Mass migration is the largest and most controversial political topic in the Western world. Come the beginning of June, mass…
Benny Gantz’s resignation threat has Netanyahu in a bind
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet is at risk of falling apart as the country’s defence establishment turns on…
Grant Shapps: Infected blood scandal is a ‘shameful failure’
Grant Shapps ‘angry’ about infected blood scandal The final report on the infected blood scandal will be published on Monday.…
The once-in-a-generation genius of Alice Munro
In the early 2000s, a young Canadian writer who shall remain nameless found herself in the backseat of a car…
His story as history
Western universities failed to teach the true nature of Soviet communism
The real story of Bauhaus and the Nazis
Here in Weimar, the cultural and spiritual capital of the Bundesrepublik, a brave group of curators and academics are challenging…
How anti-Semitism breeds on university campuses
It’s often said that anti-Semitism is a shape-shifter, seen best in the way that the right-wing have painted the Jews…
The painful truth about Gen Z
An older friend once described his freshers’ week in some detail: a botched proposal, two inadvertently-acquired tattoos and more alcohol…
Dutton dressed as lamb – things you could never say to a female Labor MP
The hypocrisy of the Left never ceases to astonish. Having created a world where ‘words are literally violence’ and pretty…
FLiRT-ing with power: Labor wastes half a billion on Covid vaccines
Forgive my French, but are they taking the p…? Health authorities and regulatory bodies have not forgotten about Covid, even…
Where to eat, drink and stay in Cape Town
Setting an early alarm while on vacation never comes easily to me, but making time to wander Babylonstoren’s fruit and vegetable…
Bibi’s plan for a post-war Gaza
Sharp differences within Israel’s governing coalition have emerged into the open in recent days. On the face of it, the…
The brutal philosophy of Tyson Fury
Tyson Fury, the towering British behemoth with the quick wit and even quicker fists, is ready to fight Oleksandr Usyk.…
Are people afraid to put their name on the Covid Inquiry?
Of the 2,090 submissions to the Covid Response Inquiry, 1,021 declined to permit the author’s name to be published. That’s…
There’s nothing racist about Anglo-Saxons
One of the aims of progressives in higher education ought to be to use their privileged position to spread knowledge…
Britain’s diplomacy with Russia needs a rethink
A week after the UK expelled the Russian defence attaché, Colonel Maxim Yelovik, for being ‘an undeclared intelligence officer’, Russia…
