Ben Lazarus

Will Iran respond to Israel’s assassinations?

31 July 2024 8:40 pm

The Israelis were busy last night. First, Fouad Shukur, Hezbollah’s top military commander was, in the words of Israel’s defence…

Is a new front about to open up in Israel’s war?

9 January 2024 1:39 am

Two days after the Israel Defence Forces announced that it had dismantled Hamas’s ‘military framework’ in the northern Gaza Strip,…

What Harry’s legal win could mean for press regulation

11 November 2023 1:44 am

The phone-hacking saga has just been given a new lease of life after a judge ruled that Prince Harry can…

Keir Starmer is in no danger of losing the ‘Muslim vote’

9 November 2023 2:04 am

Unless something extraordinary happens, Sir Keir Starmer will be the next prime minister. All the polls show Labour on course…

‘I disliked him intensely’: Richard Lewis on first meeting Larry David

26 August 2023 9:00 am

Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Richard Lewis talks to Ben Lazarus about addiction, his Parkinson’s diagnosis – and his friendship with Larry David

How did United handle the Mason Greenwood scandal so badly?

23 August 2023 3:56 am

It’s hard not to be shocked by the distressing clip shared online, allegedly featuring the Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood.…

Keep calm and carry on having kids: the UN’s climate chief on eco-anxiety

19 August 2023 9:00 am

he new head of the IPCC on the need to move beyond eco alarmism

The real phone-hacking scandal

1 July 2023 9:00 am

The convicted phone-hacker assembling complaints against the tabloids

‘We may be history’: Geoffrey Hinton on the dangers of AI

6 May 2023 9:00 am

Geoffrey Hinton, the ‘godfather of AI’, on the dangers that lie ahead

Tenderness and menace: Bob Dylan, at the London Palladium, reviewed

29 October 2022 9:00 am

Bob Dylan has always toyed with audiences. He plays what he wants, how he wants, letting his mood dictate tempo…

How to blend your own beard oil

6 August 2022 9:00 am

Every few months I take out a box of essential oils and carefully lay them out on my kitchen table,…

The algorithm myth: why the bots won't take over

19 February 2022 9:00 am

The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer on how to stay ahead of the algorithms

‘Prince Charles is more socialist than the Labour party’: an interview with Nigel Kennedy

4 December 2021 9:00 am

Nigel Kennedy on government, Grealish and ganja