The New York Times’s tasteless Queen op-ed
The Queen’s death has prompted an outpouring of mourning around the globe. But that sense of loss apparently doesn’t extend…
Meghan Markle’s self-centred psychobabble
Move over Liz Truss, the real leaders of our global future are in Manchester this week – not Westminster. The…
Flashback: Truss calls for the monarchy's abolition
It’s Liz versus Liz today as the Queen prepares to kiss hands at Balmoral with Britain’s 56th Prime Minister. While…
Boris's resignation honours list: runners and riders
There’s very much an end of days feel in SW1 right now. With parliament in recess and a Truss coronation…
Truss's Oxford Europhilia revealed
Throughout the leadership contest, Liz Truss has been all too keen to paint herself as a Brexit queen, keen to…
Poll: voters don't want Boris in Truss's Cabinet
The Tory leadership race is almost over and at last a new PM will be announced. Most expect that next…
The V&A's Tory troubles
All political lives, famously, end in failure: but not so for Tristram Hunt, the former Labour education spokesman now recast…
GB News shakes up its stars
The winds of change are blowing through Paddington, with news reaching Steerpike of something of a bloodbath over at GB…
Meghan Markle vs Mariah Carey: who’s the biggest diva?
It’s Tuesday. That means that once again, it’s time to listen to Meghan of Montecito talk about herself on her…
Six of the worst bits of Meghan Markle's interview
‘I have a lot to say’ claims Meghan Markle ‘until I don’t.’ But there’s no sign of such silence happening…
Meghan’s Mandela moment
It seems that the last two years of interviews, podcasts and media briefings actually count as Meghan keeping shtum. Towards the…
Zuckerberg's curious confession
Well, there you have it. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has confirmed that Facebook did indeed censor news of the New York Post’s 2020 Hunter Biden laptop story.…
Meghan’s Archetypes podcast is really all about her
It’s fair to speculate that the head honchos at Spotify might be wondering if their company got enough bang for…
Amol Rajan's University Challenge disaster
Congratulations to Amol Rajan, who adds the mantle of University Challenge host to his burgeoning portfolio of BBC jobs. Rajan…
In defence of Sanna Marin, Finland's partying PM
Party politics is done somewhat differently in Finland. While Boris was hounded out in Westminster for some miserable looking cake…
Team Truss turns on each other at eco-hustings
The Tory leadership teams rolled into Belfast this afternoon, clad in metaphorical red, white and blue and eager to display…
The Guardian's Truss attack falls flat
The sound of moralising was in the air this morning, as Steerpike emerged bleary-eyed from his hangover. Is it Sunday…
The New York Times' strange silence on Rushdie
The New York Times has never been shy about sharing its opinion – especially when it comes to bashing Britain. In…
The article that made Boris 'hang my head in shame'
Boris Johnson has written more than his fair share of controversial stuff over the years. Whether it’s jibes at Islam,…
The shine comes off Saint Jacinda's halo
Cast your mind back to 2020. Back then, in the dark days of Covid, a ray of light was apparently…
Oxfordshire County Council’s climate crusade
Something funny is in the water in Oxfordshire. In recent months councillors there have embarked on a spree of unorthodox…
Why does no one like Rishi?
Poor Rishi Sunak. Membership polls put him 30 point behind Liz Truss but there’s still three-and-a-half weeks to go in…
Sturgeon fires back at Truss
Miaow. The claws are out in the Tory leadership race, after Liz Truss took a pop at Nicola Sturgeon. The…
Do Conservative members miss Boris?
Boris Johnson is very much the elephant in the room of this leadership race, looming large over both Rishi Sunak…
Truss turns on the media
To Darlington, for another of the endless Tory leadership hustings. Last night’s clash covered much of the same old ground…
