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Confessions of a royal paparazzo
I can still remember the shock of watching the news on Sunday, 31 August 1997 and learning that Lady Diana…
Is Jill Biden calling the Nato leadership shots?
Ben Wallace has confirmed the worst-kept secret in Westminster: he’s the likely UK candidate for the Secretary General of Nato.…
Britain’s rivers are filthy
The name Chris Whitty will forever be associated in people’s minds with Covid-19. But in a recent cri de coeur…
The sad decline of BBC Radio 4
Radio 4 is in trouble. Listening figures for the station have dipped to their lowest level since 2007. The Today programme,…
How Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse gamble backfired
Less than two years ago, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg bet the house on the metaverse. Zuckerberg believed that his virtual…
State Department offers counseling to staff it misgendered
The State Department sent an all-staff email Friday apologizing for misgendering people with its new pronoun system and offered counseling…
New European’s Will Self destructs in Guardian feud
‘Think without borders,’ declares the masthead of the New European. But while the pro-EU paper claims to be an advocate…
What’s the truth about Harry and Meghan’s car chase story?
Recollections may vary when it comes to Meghan and Harry’s car chase. The Sussexes’ statement this week supplied fodder for…
Why has Ukraine admitted that it assassinates people in Russia?
After months of flat denials, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence has admitted that Kyiv is carrying out a campaign…
Rishi Sunak’s Confucius Institute muddle
Rishi Sunak’s promise to close down the Confucius Institutes in UK universities when he pitched for the Tory leadership sounded…
The last days of Splash Mountain
Crowds lined up to say au revoir to a Southern California landmark — not Route 66, or the elementary school…
Britain should get out of the electric vehicle business
A frantic round of last-minute lobbying is already underway. Officials are trying to stitch together a deal. And the Prime…
BT replacing jobs with AI is nothing to be scared of
BT has announced that it will cut up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade. The company currently…
Does Harry and Meghan’s car chase story add up?
Anyone who has ever visited New York City will be scratching their heads over Harry and Meghan’s claims about a…
Cambridge Footlights launch ‘sensitivity reading’ service
Here’s something that will make John Cleese splutter on his cornflakes. The Cambridge Footlights – whose alumni include Peter Cook,…
The myth of the beautiful green belt
What a nonsense debate the fight over the green belt has become. Today Keir Starmer has been – rightly –…
The ‘marking boycott’ is yet another betrayal for students
Students have had a rough deal over the past years. They’ve had their degrees interrupted by Covid and teaching strikes,…
Will Rishi Sunak admit the truth about Net Zero?
Grant Shapps, the energy secretary, popped up on television at the weekend to explain that the cost of installing a…
How Keir Starmer plans to snatch the centre ground from the Tories
Tories have spent the week giving speeches about what it means to be a conservative at the National Conservatism conference…
Nat Con won’t save conservatives
Nat Con is the talk of Twitter, a dubious accomplishment for any movement seeking popular relevance. Progressives are having a…
Starmer’s savvy Brexit position
Keir Starmer has made the anodyne demand that Britain seek a ‘closer trading agreement’ with the EU. But why doesn’t…
Meghan’s lecture on ‘service’ is hard to take
Since the publication of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare in January, Meghan has kept an unusually low profile by her standards.…
Suella Braverman is making Rishi Sunak look weak
The National Conservatism conference is entering its third day in London, and has managed to grab more headlines than the…
Keir Starmer’s housing pledge has trapped the Tories
Sir Keir Starmer has broken cover on planning. In perhaps his most daring policy announcement so far, he has declared…
Truss in Taiwan warns of new Cold War with China
Liz Truss is in Taiwan this week, urging the West to take a stronger stance against China. Her message is clear:…
