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Does Britain have a problem with ‘Sikh extremism’?
Terror threats from Islamist and far-right terrorists are depressingly familiar to Brits, but other faiths are not immune from the…
Does the UN want to defund the French police?
My first instinct was to check the date: was it actually April 1st on Monday? On realising there was no…
Where was Stella Creasy when other mums were being harassed?
Parliament’s ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok cannot come soon enough. But it’s not just cyber security we need…
The 2023 Met Gala was one of the tamest yet
The Met Gala, in case you didn’t you know, is held in New York on the first Monday of May…
The muddle of the King’s coronation oath
There’s been an interesting discussion about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s addition to the coronation service, but has anyone actually tried…
Is New Zealand that bothered about becoming a republic?
The prime minister of New Zealand, Chris Hipkins, has said he wants his country to end constitutional ties with Britain…
Monarchy and celebrities should not mix
This weekend’s coronation will be an historic moment, a milestone in the mass memory. Just think how many dreary British…
Marine Le Pen is revelling in the mayhem of Macron
It is almost six years to the day since Marine Le Pen went head to head with Emmanuel Macron in…
The China influence puzzle
A “Chinese puzzle” in its classic version is a game where you must fit a variety of ill-assorted boxes inside…
In defence of Martin Rowson
Being a cartoonist is a high-risk job nowadays. Your job is to satirise and caricature, to exaggerate bodily features. Every…
This coronation is making me a republican again
I was never a monarchist. One of my earliest memories is of being a bolshy little girl refusing to stand…
Succession is a foodie’s nightmare
What does the man who has everything really want for dinner? A humble hamburger — at least, that’s what Succession…
What Jacob Rees-Mogg gets wrong about the four day week
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, has attacked the good people of South Cambridgeshire District Council for introducing a four…
When does a banking wobble become a crisis?
Can a banking crisis really be going this well? After a week of panic withdrawals and a crashing share price,…
Snapchat is playing God with our children’s wellbeing
My kids have a new friend. If you have teenagers, chances are yours do, too. And it is a friend…
What’s behind Putin’s digital crackdown on draft dodgers?
With the break-neck pace with which it tends to respond to measures coming from the Kremlin, this month Russia’s parliament…
How the gender debate shaped the new face of moralism
Disruptions of feminist meetings by trans rights activists have become commonplace in recent years. Tactics include pressuring venues, blocking entrances,…
Is Wrexham’s Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending?
Wrexham’s Hollywood dream seems almost too good to be true. The club spent years in the doldrums of the Welsh…
Why don’t the Tories want to help genuine asylum seekers?
It’s not the genuine asylum seekers that Suella Braverman and her crew are determined to prevent reaching our shores, we are…
Will US colleges’ brand power survive falling standards?
Nike. Supreme. Ralph Lauren. Abercrombie and Fitch. Harvard and Yale. On the streets of Budapest, style-conscious teenagers have collapsed the…
Can Britain become the Saudi Arabia of carbon capture?
Boris Johnson wanted to make Britain ‘the Saudi Arabia of wind’. But Grant Shapps is keen to send Britain’s green…
The legacy of Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel
Monday night marks the fashion calendar’s most overrated, overcovered event: the Met Gala. Each year it’s the same. The outfits…
Blairite ‘nepo babies’ are the worst of the lot
When the singer Lily Allen found herself flak-catching recently, she was quick to point out she was the OK kind…
Is Elon Musk a genius or a dud?
When he bought Twitter in October last year, Elon Musk set out a bold vision for the bird app. The…
Like Putin’s Russia, Bulgaria has become a mafia state
In a historic speech to the US Congress on 12 March 1947, President Truman addressed the menacing spread of Communism…
