World
A trophy hunting ban won’t save Africa’s wildlife
British rule over South Africa ended in 1910, but now parliament is busy with legislation that could have a devastating effect…
The self-delusion of ‘Bomber’ Harris
The scene in the German port was like a vision of hell. As the incendiary bombs rained down on Hamburg…
UFOs or not – something is up
As famous capital cities of world-straddling superpowers go, Washington DC is somewhat disappointing. The grandiose urbanism is surely meant to…
Putin faces challenge from his own creation
It took a characteristically long time for Vladimir Putin to respond to the coup-that-dare-not-speak-its-name launched by Yevgeny Prigozhin, but when…
Rostov-on-Don: scenes from an occupation
The main thoroughfare of Rostov-on-Don is today crawling with military vehicles and masked soldiers carrying automatics, and the entrance to…
Exiled Belarusian opposition calls for army to rise against Moscow
With Vladimir Putin facing armed insurrection from Prigozhin’s Wagner Group, the exiled opposition in Belarus has called for its military…
This failed coup will be just the beginning
Yevgeny Prigozhin has just exposed the full extent of Vladimir Putin’s weakness. In less than 24 hours, the leader of…
Full text: Putin on Wagner coup
Vladimir Putin has just released a speech to Russians after the Wagner mercenary group took over Russian military headquarters in…
My dog has been cancelled by Pride
Bella is a three-year-old dog of indeterminate breed. I found her by the side of the road. She is fearless,…
Japan’s dark history of forced sterilisation
A Japanese government report has revealed that over a 50-year period, under a policy of forced sterilisation, 16,500 people were…
Prigozhin leaves Rostov
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, has left Rostov-on-Don and ended the armed insurrection against Vladimir Putin.…
Could the election herald the rise of the small party?
These are heady times for Britain’s smaller political parties. Seldom has there been as much interest from voters in breaking…
My battle with bureaucracy behind bars
On my first night in prison, I slept well. Perhaps the previous day’s stress and exhaustion played a part. Neither…
The French Connection and the trouble with streaming censorship
We are ten minutes into William Friedkin’s The French Connection and we’ve just seen our two heroes beat the shit out of…
Chris Christie goes soft on trans issues
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has come out against banning sex changes for minors, putting him at odds not…
In praise of megarich adventurers
There’s rich and there’s rich. There’s a number beyond which stuff starts to get boring. I’m not sure what it…
Russia’s nuclear blackmail
‘Dear Ukrainians! And all people of the world: everyone! I emphasise this,’ Volodymyr Zelensky said in a televised speech yesterday. Russia, he…
The tragedy of Iraq’s Jews
Walk into my grandmother’s living room in north-west London, and you could be forgiven for thinking you had suddenly stepped…
Brussels will regret its crackdown on Hungary’s migrant plan
Hungary, a magnet for numerous would-be migrants because of its 110-mile land border with Serbia, has taken its own steps…
Barack is back… to save the Democratic Party he stymied
When Barack Obama set out to fundamentally transform the country, he took for granted that it could be transformed back…
The Titan deaths were utterly avoidable
When the news broke that the Titan submersible was missing, naval experts immediately recognised that the chances of saving the…
Was Joe Biden in on Hunter’s grift?
The Republicans investigating the Biden family grift had a big week, not that you would know it from reading the…
The shameful condemnation of the Titan Five
The five departed souls of the Titan submersible suffered two tragedies. First, the tragedy of dying in a catastrophic implosion…
The known unknowns of 2024
I think it was the once-renowned critic Clement Greenberg who gratefully acknowledged that his job as a cultural commentator allowed…
France is falling apart at the seams
Numerous heads of state from the third world are in Paris for a summit hosted by President Macron. The aim…
