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Nothing makes technology transparent again
Consumer technology is, usually, profoundly dull. I love technology, but even I must concede the undeniable. A new pair of…
Christina Aguilera is the real winner of the 2003 VMAs kiss
It is nearly twenty years since the most iconic moment in modern music history: when Madonna, aged forty-five, made out…
Nato’s members still don’t see eye to eye on Ukraine
US President Joe Biden flew into Vilnius, Lithuania early on Tuesday with a big task ahead of him: to keep…
The BBC presenter feeding frenzy
Rishi Sunak has touched down at the Nato summit, but there’s only one question journalists want to ask him about:…
Who’s to blame for rising mortgage costs?
Mortgage costs have reached a 15-year high today, with the average two-year fixed deal hitting 6.66 per cent – the…
Tories fight over Illegal Migration Bill
The Illegal Migration Bill is back this afternoon for ‘ping pong’ – the final stage of its legislative passage where…
America’s fierce guilt for slavery is understandable – we mustn’t import it
I love American roadtrips. They are the ideal way to visit 96 per cent of the country, which is determinedly…
Why are we so obsessed with TV presenters?
The mucky allegations about a ‘household name’ BBC star – who is said to have paid thousands of pounds to…
Urgency drives the day at the Vilnius Nato summit
Rishi Sunak heads to Lithuania today for the Nato leaders’ summit (which means he will be missing another Prime Minister’s…
Ukraine’s Nato limbo is set to continue
As the Nato summit on international security opens this week in Vilnius, one obvious issue will be the success or…
Wages are up – but the Bank won’t be happy about it
The labour market continues to show signs of becoming less tight – but this won’t be fast enough for the…
Boris’s allies defend their attacks on the Privileges Committee
The House of Commons often rises early these days, with little in the way of legislation to keep MPs busy.…
The hopeless cycle of addiction – and drug running – behind bars
It’s my seventh night in HMP Wandsworth at the start of my 45-month sentence for fraud. I live on A…
Is the age of the legacy student over?
Johnston’s Gate isn’t the only entrance to Harvard Yard. For years, money, status and secret lists have opened back doors into…
Is Jeremy Hunt following in Gordon Brown’s footsteps?
Anyone fancy having a flutter with 5 per cent of their pension fund on unlisted start-ups? It is not necessarily…
Biden chickens out on Ukraine and NATO
Shortly before his trip to Europe and the NATO summit in Lithuania, President Biden told CNN that he does not…
Claims about BBC presenter ‘rubbish’ says young person’s lawyer
Allegations about a BBC presenter paying £35,000 for sexually explicit photos are ‘rubbish’ according to the lawyer of the young…
Congressman warns about alien technology
There is compelling evidence we have threats to global security not from this earth, according to Tennessee congressman Tim Burchett…
Who’s to blame for Scottish drug deaths?
Scotland is the drug deaths capital of Europe and changing that is going to take something radical. The Scottish government…
Why is Sarah Silverman suing artificial intelligence?
Crypto was a wonderful Wild West of anarchic financial innovation, absurd idiocy and scamming. Lots of scamming. Then regulators came…
Nato would be wrong to reject Ukraine’s membership plea
US president Joe Biden has been busy curbing expectations about Nato’s looming decision over Ukraine’s future membership. Starting the accession process…
Is Joe Biden really a close friend of Britain?
According to Joe Biden on the steps of Downing Street, by travelling to the UK he ‘couldn’t be meeting with…
GB News investigated… again
Another day, another investigation into GB News. This time though it’s not Ofcom probing the self-proclaimed ‘people’s channel’, but rather…
Trump at UFC and Kristen Bell’s dinner party: two viral moments from two Americas
Viral moments from either side of the American divide come so frequently these days that they are forgotten just as…
Why it’s not over yet for Humza Yousaf
There’s a moment in Bob Woodward’s gripping book Peril, the account of the buildup to and aftermath of the 2020 US…
