World
The knives are out for Prince William and Kate
Omid Scobie’s Endgame is now available from a bookshop near you, and no doubt republicans and admirers of Harry and…
Cooking oil won’t help the aviation industry reach net zero
Two decades ago, motorists in South Wales realised that they could power their diesel cars with used cooking oil, thereby…
Macron’s France is trapped in a cycle of violence
On Monday, the spokesman for Emmanuel Macron’s government, Olivier Véran, visited the village of Crépol in south-eastern France. A fortnight…
Can Israel’s ceasefire in Gaza hold?
Originally meant to expire on Monday, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been extended by at least two days.…
I’m a Celebrity has revealed the boring truth about Nigel Farage
When Nigel Farage entered the jungle on I’m A Celebrity… there was much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments.…
Do the Tories have a migration plan?
What is the Tory party’s policy on immigration after record-breaking net migration figures and the failure of its Rwanda policy…
Climate reparations are an awful idea
There is a word that we are going to hear once COP28 gets underway in Dubai later this week: ‘reparations’. While…
Andrew Bailey does it again
Oh dear. It seems that the Bank of England Governor is suffering from a permanent case of foot-in-mouth syndrome. Andrew…
Sunak under pressure to curb legal migration
Rishi Sunak goes into the week on the defensive over legal migration. After figures late last week revealed net migration…
Is the war of the Windsors about to blow up again?
The name ‘Omid Scobie’ must be one of the least popular ever uttered in Buckingham and St James Palaces. Not…
Is climate change really to blame for rising food costs?
Everything in the shops is getting more expensive and restaurant bills have become prohibitive. We are all aware that food…
Is a national Holocaust memorial still a good idea?
Whatever the fate of the ceasefire and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas, the latest conflict in the Middle East…
The evolving phenomenon of ‘Brexit regret’
It was reported this weekend that the great trans-Pacific trade deal (CPTPP), the one that Lord Cameron just boasted would…
What Palestine supporters could learn from the anti-Semitism march
Imagine having to be reminded not to be racist. Imagine if officialdom itself felt it necessary to whisper in your…
Dublin is a city on the edge
At 1.30 p.m. last Thursday, a horrific knife attack was perpetrated outside a school on Parnell Street in Dublin’s north…
The stakes are high at London’s anti-Semitism march
Whether Muslim, Jewish, Christian or atheist – and whatever your nationality – there is ample reason to stand up to…
The next stage of Israel’s war will be even deadlier
On Friday a four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began, as the first hostages taken by Hamas were released by…
KCL’s sinister diversity and inclusion policies
Last week the King’s College London LGBTQ staff network, called Proudly King’s, demonstrated its intellectual level and its view of…
Opec’s split is good for the West
It largely slipped under the radar, but there was a rare bit of good news for hard-pressed consumers and businesses…
The mad cult of Doctor Who
When Doctor Who returned to wild acclaim in 2005, after 16 years off-air and about a generation of being regarded…
Germany’s Reichsbürger movement is anything but a joke
They don’t believe the German state exists, they make their own passports and they want the German monarchy restored. It’s…
Why Russell Norman was a restaurant genius
Polpo, Russell Norman’s celebrated and original Italian restaurant in Soho, was in full flow when I visited for the first…
Will Farage return to haunt the Tories?
The rise of Ukip and the highway to Brexit was greatly smoothed by the widespread perception that British governments had…
Why are the Spanish so loyal to the EU?
An upright Englishman, some years after marrying into a Spanish family, finally breaks his cardinal rule. In a moment of…
Ed Sheeran’s time is up
Who’s the worst pop star of modern times? Some might say that Adele sounds like a moose with PMT –…
