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Chris Rock’s criticism of Meghan Markle is spot on
The story of Harry and Meghan has often been portrayed as a clash of values between Britain and America. Between…
Radio 2 has misjudged its audience
BBC Radio 2 is one of the many modern cultural enterprises which seems to have as its primary aim alienating…
Macron’s France is a tinderbox
On 22 March 1968 the slow burn that would eventually flare into France’s ‘May ‘68’ began. The radical student movement…
Should I have had a sensitivity reader review my book?
Reason magazine reported last summer on the rise of sensitivity readers, and publishers have made headlines for their plans to…
The growing bipartisan backlash against ‘Latinx’
Since its emergence, the term “Latinx” has been unpopular with Hispanics. Yet despite this opposition, progressive activists and organizations continue…
Qurangate has exposed the weakness of ‘liberals’
There’s a sudden vacancy in the constituency of Wakefield. The incumbent Labour MP hasn’t resigned or died. He just happens…
Dyson tells Hunt: your tax grab sucks
As tax rates rise in the UK, so do business jitters. The windfall tax on oil and gas companies –…
In defence of Isabel Oakeshott
What shocks me most about Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages is the flippancy surrounding decisions to scare, manipulate and control the…
Harry and Meghan’s coronation guessing game isn’t fair on the King
Will they or won’t they? I’m talking, of course, about whether or not Harry and Meghan will attend the King’s…
Failing to stop the Channel crisis will cost Rishi Sunak his job
Finding an effective solution to Europe’s migrant crisis has eluded the continent’s leaders for a decade. Presidents, prime ministers and…
Cyclists have been given a licence to ride on the pavement
Let me confess: when I learned that a woman pedestrian had been sent to prison for causing the death of…
Why Tennessee’s anti-Drag Queen Story Hour law goes too far
In the Tennessee House of Representatives, it went by the name of Bill 9; in the Tennessee Senate, Bill 3.…
Matt Hancock and the politics of fear
‘When do we deploy the variant’, asks Matt Hancock after talking of the need to ‘frighten the pants off everyone…
Did China influence the Canadian elections for Trudeau?
It’s been a sticky couple of weeks for Canada’s natural governing party, as the Liberals like to call themselves. Anonymous…
Sunak’s plan to stop the boats
Another weekend, another set of stories on the chances of a Boris Johnson return. Allies of the former prime minister…
Euthanasia has become a backdoor to capital punishment in Belgium
Those who back assisted dying/euthanasia/assisted suicide – and no doubt Prue Leith on her nationwide tour will be returning to her…
What happens when a state fails
Beirut, Lebanon ‘You can still smell it in the wind,’ says Maria. She points out from the neon-lit bar along…
Should Hungary be punished for its stance on Ukraine?
After months of delay, the Hungarian parliament finally started the process of approving Finland and Sweden’s Nato membership this week.…
Who’s afraid of organoid intelligence?
For fans of bioethical nightmares, it’s been a real stonker of a month. First, we had the suggestion that we use comatose…
Germany’s folly: Berlin has miscalculated on Russia and China
The notion that closer trade connections with the West will necessarily set less enlightened nations on a course toward prosperity…
Hancock wanted to ‘deploy’ new Covid variant and ‘frighten the pants off everyone’
Day 5 of the Telegraph’s Lockdown Files and the most startling stories yet. Here’s what’s new: Matt Hancock asked when…
Prince Harry and Gabor Maté are a match made in heaven
In the eighteenth century, the well-to-do and prurient enjoyed visiting London’s most notorious hospital, Bedlam, to gaze at its patients.…
Hancock and Gove’s cringeworthy Covid love-in
Last night it seemed as if the Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages released by the Telegraph couldn’t get any worse, after…
Is Macron really saying the France-Afrique is finished?
On 2 March in Gabon, West Africa, President Macron declared that ‘the days of France-Afrique are over’. Since the early nineteenth century the…
The sinister rise of drag shows for children
The hyper-sexualisation of children’s shows in the name of ‘diversity and inclusion’ continues to grip the United Kingdom. The latest…
