Thugs in drape jackets: when the Teddy Boys ruled the roost
Bleak 1950s Britain saw the birth of the first working-class youth counterculture, but the Teds were a surprisingly short-lived – if violent – phenomenon
The perils of Prague: Parasol Against the Axe, by Helen Oyeyemi, reviewed
Three women with a criminal past meet for a weekend hen party – but any hopes of enjoying themselves are soon dashed
The greed and hypocrisy of the opium trade continue to shock
Amitav Ghosh admits he found writing his history difficult because of the obscene profiteering and suffering he had to cover
Canterbury Cathedral’s ‘rave in the nave’ is indefensible
It’s too late to get tickets for Canterbury Cathedral’s silent disco tonight – as with last night’s event, they sold…
Democrats face a self-reinforcing 2024 nightmare
Yesterday was a year’s worth of a rising wave that came crashing down on Democratic hopes for 2024. They had…
Politicians must permit Australians to speak up
At a recent public meeting in regional Australia, I asked what politicians could do to capitalise on the current mood…
The dying of Down Under
A lot of Australians are dying. Many politely say: We need to know why. …but really now, how long must polite…
Joe Biden isn’t working
Joe Biden isn’t working. That much has been clear to anyone who has followed American politics for the past four…
What Tucker Carlson should have asked Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin relished being interviewed by American journalist Tucker Carlson, who doesn’t seem to know much about Russia, Ukraine or…
Tucker Carlson failed Putin’s history class
They say that he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon. But, driven by vanity and unconstrained…
Taylor Swift can’t save the EU
The EU hopes that Taylor Swift and other pop starlets will come to its rescue in June’s European elections. With…
Piers Morgan pulls show from TalkTV
Another twist in the ongoing TV wars. After nearly two years of competing with GB News, TalkTV’s biggest star last…
Biden branded ‘well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory’
Special Counsel Robert K. Hur submitted his report on the confidential documents found in President Biden’s Delaware garage — and…
Nobody can stop Vladimir Putin… from talking
The trouble with ageing authoritarians is not necessarily that nobody dares tell them they are wrong. It’s that nobody ever…
Prince William should say no to a Royal reconciliation with Prince Harry
Might the King’s cancer diagnosis lead the Royals to put aside the squabbles that have torn the family apart and…
A car-crash clean-up press conference Biden will hope to forget
President Joe Biden surprised the American people Thursday night by delivering previously unscheduled remarks on his classified documents scandal —…
Robert Hur’s brutal report should mark the beginning of the end of the Biden era
Special Counsel Robert Hur predictably concluded that President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents when he was a senator and…
Who’s to blame for Labour’s green U-turn?
Who to blame for the demise of Labour’s £28 billion annual green investment pledge? According to Keir Starmer, it’s the…
Women watched the NFL before Taylor Swift’s WAG era
I was standing in the beer line with a group of Pittsburgh Steelers fans midway through their home game against…
Zelensky has sacked a Ukrainian hero
If you have to ask Ukrainians to name the biggest hero of the past two years, most would probably say…
British Library left counting the cost of cyber-attack
In most countries, it would be a major scandal if foreign hackers successfully mounted a major cyber-attack on the national…
America might regret its Baghdad drone strike
The latest American drone strike in Iraq, which killed the commander of a powerful Iranian-backed militia group, is one more…
Brianna Ghey’s murder is being weaponised – but not by Sunak
We really have seen the worst of politics over the past 24 hours. I’m not referring to Rishi Sunak’s dig…
Where did 50 billion dollars go?
50 billion dollars… It’s money we spend to achieve a capable defence force every year. We are supposed to get…
Double Shot S2E2: Climate change on trial… Kerry Wakefield, Ralph Schoellhammer, and Daniel Wild
Kerry Wakefield brings us the latest on the Mark Steyn trial where climate science has gone under the microscope and…
