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A woke witch hunt has taken over the arts
Remove the preconceptions that stop you seeing clearly, and it is hard to tell the difference between how the arts…
Why is HS2 costing so much?
The members of the Denham Waterski Club are among the few people in the Chilterns who are grateful for HS2.…
The disturbing rise of the rural Greens
In the shire counties of England, a dark force is rising. No, this isn’t a dreadful attempt at Tolkien fanfiction,…
What’s the point in being a 1 percent presidential candidate?
Who is Perry Johnson? It is a question not many American voters can answer. He has a grand total of…
Nadine Dorries is vindicating Sunak’s refusal to ennoble her
After waiting for months, Nadine Dorries has today served her resignation – as several MPs have done recently. But, enraged by…
Nadine Dorries isn’t making life easy for Rishi Sunak
Nadine Dorries has finally bowed to pressure from Labour, the Liberal Democrats and her own party and quit as an…
Nadine Dorries quits again with final blast at Rishi
Nadine Dorries is off – and this time it’s for real. Following weeks of criticism, the former Culture Secretary has…
Things look grave for Luis Rubiales after his World Cup kiss
What’s in a kiss? More perhaps than just a moment of bliss. It was really rather stupid of Luis Rubiales, the…
Disinfo-nation: the new censorship is here to stay
Lying is the great American pastime. We’ve been at it ever since some of the Pilgrim fathers shined on some…
Happy birthday, Hollywood
Prohibitively expensive. So huge it’s basically impossible to navigate without a car. Where the Kardashians live. These are the hard…
We shouldn’t fear replacing Putin
Well it took two months, but the inevitable happened this week: Yevgeny Prigozhin, one time chef and later war-criminal extraordinaire…
The Kremlin is sanctioning me – but why can’t they get my name right?
Journalists love being put on blacklists. In a profession that prides itself on holding the powerful to account, there’s no…
Why did the Co-op debank feminists – but let Rose West keep her account?
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any madder, you find out the following: at the Co-operative bank, if you’re…
Ukraine steps up its drone warfare against Crimea
In the early hours of this morning, Ukraine launched 42 unmanned drones at the annexed territory of Crimea, the Russian…
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…
