The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism
The vandals have come for Roald Dahl. His books for children are to be cleansed of their ‘offensive’ content. Sensitivity…
The sinister celebrification of Shamima Begum
So is Shamima Begum a celebrity now? She was splashed on the front page of the Times’ Magazine over the…
Shame on the Cardinal Pell funeral protesters
In Sydney today, the LGBT movement had its Westboro Baptist Church moment. It protested at someone’s funeral. Like that cranky…
The Sunak seatbelt row is a pathetic ‘scandal’
Remember when Britain knew how to do a good political scandal? Secretaries of State sharing showgirls with Soviet attachés. A…
Nicola Sturgeon and the truth about ‘transphobia’
This is a shameful week for Scottish nationalism. Let us state plainly what has happened: the government in Westminster has…
The war on JK Rowling
The crusade to erase JK Rowling continues. The latest ruse of the Rowlingphobes is to scrub her name from her…
Prince Harry has done something unforgivable
I’m just going to say it: I’m Team William. In that scrap that Prince Harry says happened at Nottingham Cottage,…
What unites Greta Thunberg and Andrew Tate
So, are you Team Tate or Team Thunberg? Do you side with the muscled misogynist who has convinced tragic TikTok…
Can Jeremy Clarkson’s critics take a joke?
There is always a tipping point in Twitterstorms. A moment at which the digital hysteria over something somebody said becomes…
The Twitter Files show Donald Trump should never have been banned
The latest Twitter Files revelations are the most disturbing yet. They show how the employees of this private company, not…
When will Harry and Meghan leave us alone?
Is anyone else starting to feel harassed by Harry and Meghan? There’s no escaping them. Open Spotify and there they…
The Palace has treated Lady Hussey cruelly
On the Lady Susan Hussey affair – is anyone else more horrified by the Palace’s behaviour than Lady Hussey’s? Yes,…
Baddielphobia and the ugly truth about anti-Semitism
David Baddiel could not have asked for better evidence for his thesis that ‘Jews don’t count’ than the online reaction…
What happened to Stephen Fry’s belief in scientific reason?
Here’s my question for Stephen Fry after he said his trans friends had felt ‘deeply upset’ by some of the…
Trumpism is dead, long live populism!
Donald Trump is done for. Trumpism too. That’s the main takeaway of the Midterms. Many of the candidates Trump backed…
What's wrong with being an apocalypse denier?
This week, on BBC radio, I made a confession: I am a denier. Not a climate-change denier – an apocalypse…
Support the strikes!
There are no two groups more different than climate protesters and striking workers. The former are mostly plummy layabouts, posh…
Why won't Graham Norton speak up for JK Rowling?
Is silence still violence? I’m just wondering because this week Graham Norton was asked about the deluge of hateful slurs…
Morrissey is the rock’n’roll rebel we need
There was a truly electric moment at the Morrissey gig at the Palladium in London last night. Moz was introducing…
It's no surprise eco zealots targeted Captain Tom
What drives someone to do something as morally depraved as throw human faeces on a monument to Captain Sir Tom…
Does the EU respect the Italian people?
I know we’re all meant to be quaking over the election result in Italy. That we’re all supposed to be…
The trouble with ‘bourgeois’ environmentalism
The left needs to shake off its ‘bourgeois environmentalism’. It needs to distance itself from the ‘bourgeois environmental lobby’ and…
Something extraordinary is happening in Iran
The images coming out of Iran are remarkable. Women are ripping off their hijabs and burning them in public. They’re…
Police should leave anti-monarchist protesters alone
No one should ever be arrested for what they think or say. It is remarkable – and depressing – that…
A republican's tribute to the Queen
I am a republican, always have been, and yet I now feel a great sense of loss. And not only…
