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The surprising conservativism of the old Doctor Who
Before the 1980s, our broadcasters had a terrible habit of throwing their own recordings away to save storage space. Videotapes…
The Green party’s transport plan is pure madness
As you may have noticed, we’ve seen rather more wokery than greenery from the Green party since Zack Polanski took…
Trump’s threat to destroy Iran is detailed and credible
Monday’s White House press conference came in two distinct parts. The first was an extraordinary tale of heroism in the…
Why junior doctors are back on strike
In the emergency department, and on my wards, the strikes sit lightly. My specialty of internal medicine never closes; Easter…
Why Artemis II matters
Weren’t those images beamed back from the Artemis II mission something to catch the breath in the throat? If something…
Who’s the most special envoy?
On the final weekend of her tenure as Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem was in South America meeting the President…
Is the US nuclear bomber base being targeted for a strike?
A lockdown at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana triggered by a mysterious drone swarm last month didn’t last long.…
What’s behind Britain’s blue badge boom?
How miraculous. Britain is full of people with devastating afflictions, with millions apparently unable to walk a few yards from…
Only one man could bridge this footballing divide
It reminded me a little of that wonderful Christmas Day truce in the first world war, when the two sides…
How to save our churches
Easter is being celebrated by millions of families across our country. It’s one of those moments when we should come…
The Tories should beware the fate of Lloyd George’s Liberals
Reform leader Nigel Farage likes to claim that his latest political vehicle is on course to replace the ‘old fuddy…
The Easter tradition of women taking men hostage
In a few communities in Victorian England, there was a custom of men tying women to chairs with ribbons on…
Scrapping jury trials will cost us all
For hundreds of years in Britain, juries have been the cornerstone of the justice system. The right to trial by…
Is Pete Hegseth waging a Christian Zionist war?
By pushing religion almost as much as US military might in his war briefings, Pete Hegseth has raised questions about…
Will Trump really obliterate Iran on Tuesday?
Was Donald Trump’s profane and threatening tweet, which included an F-bomb and an allusion to Iran’s leaders as “crazy bastards,”…
Even dirty Russian tricks might not save Viktor Orban
With a week to go until Hungary heads to the polls, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is fighting to save his…
Inside the fearless rescue of the second US airman
‘WE GOT HIM!’ Donald Trump’s announcement was immediate and emphatic. The operation was ‘one of the most daring Search and…
The surprising truth about AI and jobs
Lord Stockwood, the minister for investment, recently floated the idea of universal basic income to cushion AI-driven job losses. Last…
Iran has offered Trump an olive branch
There are few figures in Iranian politics as simultaneously familiar and enigmatic as Javad Zarif. To some in Washington he…
What David Attenborough gets wrong about cats
Here we go again. Last February I wrote about the latest wave of ‘catphobia’ – my new word, do use…
What we really know about the first Easter
A friend who spent much of his life as an archaeologist in Israel once told me that there were three…
Has Canada’s bilingualism gone too far?
Two young Canadian pilots were killed in a tragic accident on 22 March. What should have been an occasion for…
Why James Callaghan was Britain’s most underrated PM
The famous dictum – that all political lives end in failure- was certainly true of James Callaghan. The man who…
The fate of this US pilot could determine the Iran war
Around dawn on Friday, a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle from the US Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron was shot…
The madness of using cannabis to treat mental health
Some days I wonder if I’m going mad – and you don’t need to be a psychiatrist to know that’s not…
