Why Joni Mitchell sounded different from the start
Polio in childhood weakened her left hand, leaving her to devise alternative tuning, surprising phrasing and ‘chords of inquiry’ that hang like question marks in the air
The woman fighting to bring down Nicolás Maduro’s regime
Maria Corina Machado is showing the world how opposition politicians can fight an autocrat. When President Nicolás Maduro tried to…
The Obamas — finally — endorse Harris
The support for Kamala Harris within the Democratic Party springs eternal. Last night, activist Shannon Watts organized a “white women…
What’s behind Wes Streeting’s quality care reforms?
One of the big themes of Keir Starmer’s government could well end up being accountability in the public sector, which…
Keir cracks the whip on his Starmtroopers
As the third week of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government comes to an end, there’s certainly been a lot of…
Chaos ensues hours before the Olympics
France’s Olympics could not have got off to a worse start. Hundreds of thousands of train passengers have been left…
Does Labour care about free speech on campus?
Universities fought tooth and nail against plans to impose fines if they failed to uphold freedom of speech. That proposal…
Could Kamala Harris end the war on weed?
Kamala Harris is the Democrats’ new hope for keeping Agent Orange out of the Oval Office. It’s probably for the best.…
How Labour plans to justify its tax hike
Oh, the suspense. It seems that we will have to wait until next week to discover the details of the…
Prince Harry will never win his war on the tabloids
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, according to the old adage; and so it stands that someone who…
There is nothing new about the £20bn ‘black hole’
Labour’s pro-growth reforms were fun while they lasted. Now here come the tax rises. That’s not quite how Rachel Reeves will…
France descends into chaos on the Olympics’ opening day
France’s Olympics could not have got off to a worse start. Hundreds of thousands of train passengers have been left…
Who are the Olympics for?
For the first time since its first race in 1903, the Tour de France didn’t finish in Paris this year.…
Macron’s Olympic delusion
All the world’s a stage and the Olympic Games in Paris is the greatest stage of all for the comedian president. Emmanuel…
Melania speaks!
Former first lady Melania Trump plans on releasing her first memoir this fall, entitled Melania. The book is slated to…
Ousted Reform candidate chases Farage for £8,500
Reform has managed to get 5 MPs elected, take 14 per cent of the vote share and outdo any other…
Are we really experiencing more ‘extreme’ weather?
The UK climate is getting ever more extreme. We know this because the BBC keeps telling us so, most recently…
Don’t rush to judgement on the Manchester Airport police video
A video of an armed police officer kicking and stamping on a man’s head has plunged Greater Manchester Police (GMP),…
Could these be the online comments of young Kemi Badenoch?
The Tory leadership battle is now underway with the traditional first act: to identify a frontrunner and start blowing poison…
Kamala kampaign receives Beyoncé’s blessing… but where’s Obama?
It’s official. Kamala Harris has received the obligatory support of Beyoncé. The “kampaign” can finally begin in earnest. On Thursday morning, the vice…
Reform beat Tories among younger voters
These days when it rains for the Tories, it pours. Now it transpires that more voters under the age of…
eSafety Commissioner no longer pretending to hide political bias
Much has been made of Julie Inman Grant’s totalitarian tendencies to crackdown on Australians’ free speech under the guise of…
We will miss 1p and 2p coins when they’re gone
It doesn’t buy anything anymore. It is not enough to put into a charity box, and it just takes up…
Will Britain let Keir Starmer govern?
A few weeks after Keir Starmer’s landslide, it may not seem like Britain is a conservative country. The left has…
Is Kamala Harris’ future burdened by her past?
Integrity goes to character. Does Kamala Harris pass this test? It is a key question now she is the Democrats’…
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