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The Murdoch empire’s darkest secret
One way or another, we’re almost all ‘content creators’ these days, humble social-media serfs toiling away in the Silicon Valley…
Zululand, not Disneyland
I’d heard that KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa delivers life-changing memories. Roaming Shaka Zulu’s hunting ground. The Big Five. Bushveld…
Why is Netflix pretending that Cleopatra was black?
‘I remember my grandmother saying to me: I don’t care what they tell you in school, Cleopatra was black.’ So…
The EU is alienating eastern Europe
For most of its 66 years of existence, a vital part of the EU’s mission has been the inexorable expansion…
Why is Just Stop Oil targeting the snooker?
Just Stop Oil has finally hit the fossil-fuel barons where it hurts: the World Snooker Championship. Last night, play was disrupted…
Angela Merkel doesn’t deserve to be honoured by Germany
It must rank as some form of political satire that Angela Merkel has been awarded Germany’s highest political honour. Not…
Has the single sex trans school conundrum finally been resolved?
For too long, some teachers and schools have been making it up as they go along when presented with the…
Six things we know about the Fox Dominion defamation trial
Who needs Succession when we have Dominion? A billion-dollar lawsuit involving a media tycoon, the 2020 presidential race and a…
Does Macron regret celebrating Lula’s Brazilian victory?
The headline in the Guardian could not have spelt it out more clearly: ‘World leaders rush to congratulate Lula on…
Sudan’s dreams of democracy appear to be over
Fighting is raging once again in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, where a power struggle between rival factions has claimed…
The Internet Archive’s troubles are bad news for book lovers
The Internet Archive (archive.org), a San Francisco-based virtual lending library, is one of the quiet wonders of the modern world. A…
What will happen to interest rates once they peak?
As the battle of the economic forecasts rages on, it’s useful to note that (right now, anyway), the predictions aren’t…
The jailing of Kremlin critic Kara-Murza is a message from Putin
In a warning to Kremlin critics everywhere, the prominent Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza has today been sentenced to 25…
London’s stock market risks sinking into irrelevance
The chip maker ARM decided against listing its shares in London, despite plenty of arm twisting from the government. The…
Net zero will make flying more expensive
Are we going to have to give up flying to save the planet? Many climate campaigners have been saying so…
Sleaze watchdog probes Sunak’s interests
Bang goes Rishi Sunak’s big maths speech. Fresh from delivering a paean to the joys of numeracy, the Prime Minister…
Brecon Beacons sheds its name and logo in eco-crusade
‘The simplest way to explain the behaviour of any bureaucratic organisation’ claimed Robert Conquest ‘is to assume that it is…
How Rishi Sunak’s spring challenge could decide the election
Over the past month, there has been increasing optimism within the Tory party that the political situation may not be…
Take the Rishi Sunak maths challenge
Rishi Sunak is back in the headlines today, saying it’s time for greater maths literacy. But when it comes to…
How Liz Truss is wooing Washington
Many Brits who’ve outstayed their welcome in the Old Country head across the Pond for pastures new and the chance…
The trouble with censoring Jeeves and Wooster
It would take longer than I’ve got to comb through copies of Thank you, Jeeves and Right Ho, Jeeves, to…
How Russia became obsessed with fake news
On 1 July, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, known as the ‘Butcher of Mariupol’, delivered a statement about recent attacks on apartment…
Belief in God doesn’t come from a fear of death
When I was a teenager someone asked me if I was scared of dying. No, I said, but I’m a…
Should Ukrainians stop speaking Russian?
A young woman called Lyudmila walks into a cafe in Odessa, the southern Ukrainian city. Her phone is switched on…
The French left is becoming anti-woke
Nearly one in two left-wing voters in France believes the country has too many immigrants. When the same polling company…
