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Prince Harry’s bruising time in the High Court
Prince Harry is on a mission. ‘How much more blood will stain their typing fingers before someone can put a…
Russia destroys key Ukrainian dam as counter-offensive begins
Hours after the Ukrainian army finally launched its long-awaited counter-offensive, Russia has hit back. Early this morning, Russian forces blew…
What’s the point of tilting the statue of Vienna’s antisemitic mayor?
Tilting a statue. That’s the solution now. At least, that’s what a jury appointed by Vienna city council has recommended…
Book banning has come back to bite US conservatives
If you thought American book-banning couldn’t get any more ridiculous, think again. A school district in Utah, one of the…
Have we betrayed the D-Day generation?
Today is the 79th anniversary of D-Day, 6 June 1944, when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to…
Can Apple make virtual reality relevant?
Today, from Cupertino, California, Apple held their latest Worldwide Developer Conference Event, and (along with new laptops and software features)…
Saint Jacinda becomes a dame
‘I was in two minds about accepting this acknowledgment,’ says the now Dame Jacinda Ardern, reflecting on how ‘humbled’ she…
Who allowed Dale Vince’s climate curriculum to take over schools?
Recently, much light has been shone on the way LGBTQ+ campaign groups have been able to influence school sex and…
How Pride lost itself
I was in my fondly forgotten twenties when I made it to 53 Christopher Street, site of the 1969 Stonewall…
What does the BBC have against Oxbridge-educated white men?
Has the BBC been taking diversity hiring tips from the RAF? Leaked emails released last week showed RAF officials urging the recruitment…
Will Rishi Sunak ever deliver on his ‘stop the boats’ pledge?
When Rishi Sunak replaced Liz Truss in Downing Street last autumn, fundamentalism gave way to incrementalism. So far, the results…
Prince Harry no-shows on first day in court
For a man who says that his ‘life’s work’ is to change the British ‘media landscape’, Prince Harry has a…
The haunting words of Russia’s jailed Putin opponents
How many memorable quotes has the Russia-Ukraine war produced so far? Along with Snake Island’s defiant ‘F*** you Russian warship’,…
Russia flounders as Kyiv gears up for its counter-offensive
According to Moscow, Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive has begun, and has begun badly for Kyiv. Of course, we need to treat…
The Schofield story is not a matter of national concern
I’d kind of hoped, until recently, that Phillip Schofield would not trouble my consciousness in any big way again. I had…
Sixty years on: How the Profumo affair ended the age of deference
These days our sex scandals seem like another symbol of Britain’s national decline. They are diminished, petty and tawdry, certainly compared…
The government can’t weaponise legal fees against Boris
The Cabinet Office is trying to weaponise the law against a former prime minister. They have threatened to withdraw funding…
Did Eat Out to Help Out rekindle Covid? A look at the data
John Edmunds was, with Neil Ferguson, one of the main advocates of lockdown but has been remarkably silent about how…
How the cult of trauma took over mental health
You may have noticed over the last decade a steady increase in the promiscuous use of the word ‘trauma’. A…
Who is running Russia while Putin plays war?
As the war in Ukraine spilled into Russian territory, with shelling in the Russian city of Belgorod, President Vladimir Putin was busy…
The end of the Silicon Valley dream
It is difficult, given what Silicon Valley has become, to convey exactly what it was like in the 1970s and…
The European left’s fascism fantasy
France, Sweden, Italy, Finland and now Spain. The demise of the left in western Europe continues apace and yet their…
Fifa is in denial about the women’s World Cup
The women’s football World Cup will kick off in under 50 days’ time in Australia and New Zealand, and England…
It’s hard to take the BBC seriously
‘Why are you broadcasting what you’re broadcasting? There’s bigger things to worry about.’ In that respect at least, ‘Mizzy’ –…
What the campaign to abolish inheritance tax tells us about British politics
The Daily Telegraph, where I worked for a decade, has launched a campaign for the abolition of inheritance tax (IHT).…
