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What does Vogue have against women’s sport?
Vogue magazine’s recent ‘powerhouse’ of 25 ‘women [who are] defining – and redefining – Britain in 2023’ includes one person…
Energy prices are coming down, but they should be cheaper
It is hard to remember that this time last year soon-to-be prime minister Liz Truss was on the verge of…
France is spiralling out of control
It’s been a brutal month in France but one would barely know it from the reaction of much of the…
Trump’s mugshot released following Georgia arrest
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived: Donald Trump’s mugshot has been released to the world. With…
Scotland shouldn’t pay climate reparations
Lucky old Scottish homeowners. Not only are they being told that they could be forbidden from selling their homes if…
Will Trump eventually show up for a primary debate?
Milwaukee, Wisconsin America’s front-runners share a winning debate strategy: don’t turn up. Much as Joe Biden is dodging the chance…
Sunak said he’d stop the boats. He’s failing abysmally
Rishi Sunak has led voters to believe that his new Illegal Migration Act will mean no illegal migrants will be…
Summering in Scranton
Our big adventure this summer was supposed to be a trip to the Capri for a young friend’s wedding, but…
It’s laughable for Greeks to say the Elgins are at risk
It is safe to say that there is very little chance of the Elgin Marbles turning up for sale on…
How Russia’s media reacted to the Prigozhin plane crash
After Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted march on Moscow at the end of June, the Wagner Group leader became a divisive figure…
The Fukushima water is safe. So why does no one trust it?
Japan will today begin releasing tritium-laced water from the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant into the ocean (weather permitting). Japan’s…
Poll: two thirds of public back death penalty for Letby
Lucy Letby this week became only the third woman alive to be handed a whole-life jail term after being sentenced…
The SNP ferry fiasco has become even more of a disaster
In retrospect, the computerised boat in the movie Titanic looked more believable than the one Nicola Sturgeon stood in front…
Prigozhin sent ‘to hell’, but who gave the order?
As the first reports came in that Yevgeny Prigozhin had been killed, I spoke to Marat Gabidullin, who was a…
Sunak rapped over wife’s childcare interest
When your wife is worth £500 million, it can be tough to keep remember all her interests. Back in April,…
It’s the right time for GCSE grades to return to pre-Covid levels
For the first time in 27 years, I have no personal stake in the GCSE results that are released this…
Trump’s interview blows the Republican debate away
One of the reasons that Donald Trump is so despised by the beautiful people of America – the people that…
Prigozhin’s death has exposed Putin’s weakness
So much is still unclear about the fate of Wagner group head Yevgeny Prigozhin, from whether he really did die…
The winners and losers of the first Republican primary debate
The first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin wrapped in the early hours of this morning. Here is the definitive…
Yevgeny Prigozhin was a dead man walking
Yevgeny Prigozhin died, as Macbeth almost said, as one that had been studied in his death. In the last three…
Yevgeny Prigozhin reported dead in plane crash
From the moment Yevgeny Prigozhin aborted his march on Moscow it was a question of when and how – not…
Northern Etons won’t ‘level up’ the country
After more than two years of deliberating, the Department for Education has finally approved a batch of new free schools, including three sixth-form colleges…
NatWest’s CEO set for £2.4m payout after Farage scandal
Very few people came out well of the Nigel Farage banking scandal – which saw the former Brexit party leader lose…
Girlbossing with the Ambitious Kitchen
I occasionally come across a social media account — usually run by a conservative male — claiming to great fanfare…
Putin tries to turn Africa against the West
After Vladimir Putin’s speech at the Brics global summit in South Africa, there can be no doubt that the Russian…
