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The end of Trumpism is nigh
Having Donald Trump as President probably resembles being a heroin addict: you undergo regular episodes of sweating terror and mortal…
‘We’ll wake up on 8 May and realise that the Conservative party’s gone’: Inside Reform’s plan to devour the Tories
When Zia Yusuf first walked into the headquarters of Reform UK, he gestured at the empty room and asked: ‘Where’s…
How the army can rediscover its fighting spirit
The seemingly endless debate about the hollowness of our armed forces has concentrated on size, technical capability and sustainability –…
The perils of London: a beginner’s guide
An interesting new perspective on London is doing the rounds. Our capital city is being advertised as a paradise. London,…
The hidden truth about our failing universities
Is it worth going to university? Since 1999, when Tony Blair declared higher education the answer to all society’s problems,…
Inside blockaded Cuba, life is getting odder by the day
It’s nearly two months since Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a total oil blockade on Cuba, and life…
The dying art of the kimono
‘The road was frozen… Komako hitched up the skirt of her kimono and tucked it into her obi [broad sash].…
‘We don’t know what’s going on or why we’re doing this’: how Trump’s Iran gamble backfired
‘Donald Trump is a complicated person with simple ideas,’ said Kellyanne Conway, the former White House senior counsellor. ‘Way too…
Revealed: Keir Starmer’s new plan to get closer to the EU
A Labour MP, reflecting on the problems the Prime Minister faces over the war in Iran, observed this week: ‘Keir…
Those who believe in liberalism must now fight for it
I’m conscious that, just as the easiest way to lose an argument is to mention Hitler, so the easiest way…
How the Germans saved the Telegraph
I spent my last year as editor of this magazine trapped on an auction block, hunting for a new proprietor.…
My phobia is not to be sneezed at
In January 1894, an assistant of Thomas Edison made a five-second silent film of Fred Ott taking snuff and then…
‘Here’s a novel concept – arrest bad people’: how Sir Stephen Watson saved Greater Manchester Police
Sir Stephen Watson, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), is Warrington-born, Rhodesia-raised. His father was an engineer in the…
How to master the left-wing brag
No one likes a blatant boaster. So, as adults, we learn that if we want to boast, we must be…
Kim Jong-un’s sister or daughter? Only one can survive…
As a birthday treat, a good father might take his ten-year-old daughter to the ballet or a Disney movie. Three…
I hate many pianists – but am I any better?
From time to time, I’ve given some famous pianists a bit of a kicking in the arts pages of this…
‘Whose side are you on?’: How Keir Starmer alienated Britain’s allies over Iran
The American-Israeli attacks on Iran were publicly called Epic Fury, but behind the scenes it is Britain’s handling of the…
The greater game: Trump’s ultimate target in this war is China
The United States and Israel killed Ayatollah Khamenei, and Xi Jinping’s decade-long project to build an alternative to the American-led…
Operation Epic Fury is already tearing the MAGA movement apart
When President George W. Bush invaded Mesopotamia in 2003, everybody laughed at Comical Ali, the bespectacled Iraqi information minister who…
I love Dubai. Get over it
I am in Dubai where we are doing our best to keep calm and carry on. Granted, the sudden instruction…
The uncomfortable truth about the new Mental Health Act
Three years ago, Nottingham University students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, along with caretaker Ian Coates, were murdered by Valdo…
Iran’s tradition of martyrdom is key to understanding this conflict
One word stood out in the florid and overwrought announcement of the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader by a tearful…
Could your 50p coin be worth much more?
‘I have not found anybody yet who has a good word to say for the new coin,’ Sir Douglas Glover…
‘Happy Friday!’: resist the tyranny of faux niceness
Five people I never met wished me a Happy Friday last Friday by email. You can pretty much be wished…
‘I bet there are loads of women who find Farage sexy’: the writers of Industry on putting politics on screen
No TV show better encapsulates the nexus between money and power than Industry. The HBO drama sees investment bankers screwing,…
