World

Harry and Meghan want to destroy the House of Windsor 

10 December 2022 6:53 pm

When I coined the phrase ‘The Grabdication’ in The Spectator two years ago, I had no concept of exactly how grasping the Duke and Duchess…

England vs France is far more than a football match

10 December 2022 5:30 pm

When England play France tonight, more will be involved than just a game of football. We all know why. Even those…

How Australian rock art warns us about 2023

10 December 2022 5:00 pm

If you had to choose an obvious place to look for clues about what will happen in the coming year,…

Harry and Meghan’s expert: ‘never sell out’

10 December 2022 11:17 am

Afua Hirsch sells out Cockburn is reeling today after a heavy night, but it was the only thing he could…

Why Japan and Britain are teaming up to build a fighter jet

10 December 2022 12:50 am

The UK will partner with Italy and Japan to develop a new generation of fighter aircraft with the aim of…

Ilya Yashin is in jail, but his words will sting Vladimir Putin

10 December 2022 12:37 am

Fewer than one in 100 defendants in the Russian court system get acquitted. Even in the best of circumstances then,…

The Viktor Bout hostage swap is a victory for the Kremlin

9 December 2022 9:52 pm

After a quiet swap in the United Arab Emirates, the American basketball star Brittney Griner is out of a Russian…

What Rowan Williams gets wrong about democracy

9 December 2022 8:05 pm

Rowan Williams used his Reith lecture on religious liberty to make a plea to religious believers: don’t be afraid of…

Why not all the French love Mbappé like Macron

9 December 2022 6:15 pm

Emmanuel Macron is confident France will beat England in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final. In an interview with a radio station,…

All I want for Christmas is a TikTok ban

9 December 2022 5:12 pm

What do Santa Claus and the Chinese Communist Party have in common? They both see you when you’re sleeping, and…

We need to talk about Kevin

9 December 2022 5:10 pm

Even doomed political campaigns throw victory parties — or pretend to. No-hope candidates have to keep up the pretense that…

Iran steps up the war against its people

9 December 2022 3:27 am

Iran has announced the first execution of the current crop of protestors. Mohsen Shekari, who was just 23, was hanged earlier…

Five lowlights from Harry and Meghan’s Netflix flop

9 December 2022 12:26 am

Is that it? For months now much ink has been spilled about the ‘explosive’ revelations promised in Harry and Meghan’s…

Harry and Meghan’s Netflix show is a tedious, narcissistic wallow

8 December 2022 10:39 pm

The opening scenes of the eagerly anticipated – or keenly dreaded – Netflix series Harry & Meghan set out the…

The UK isn’t learning the right lessons from lockdown

8 December 2022 9:13 pm

This month, the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care published a Technical Report on the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK.…

Why can’t we call Moroccan football thugs hooligans?

8 December 2022 8:06 pm

One of my most delightful sporting experiences was watching the 2018 World Cup match between England and Tunisia in a…

The left declares war on sperm

8 December 2022 2:49 pm

There’s a perplexing debate buzzing online about where babies come from, and liberals are highlighting the fundamentally warped way they…

Germany’s failed coup shows the danger of conspiracy theories

8 December 2022 4:01 am

It was one of the biggest police raids modern Germany has ever seen. Early Wednesday morning, 3,000 officers, among them…

Is it time to forgive Matt Hancock?

8 December 2022 3:56 am

Over the past few months, Matt Hancock has been seeking forgiveness for his rule-breaking affair during the pandemic. And the…

Abortion clinic buffer zones are a step towards the end of free speech

8 December 2022 3:24 am

There is nothing like abortion to make feelings run high. Termination of pregnancy has been lawful in Northern Ireland since…

Whitehall left counting the cost of Covid

8 December 2022 2:31 am

Speaking at last year’s Tory conference, Liz Truss mocked those ‘portents of doom’, the ‘people who say that it is…

Herschel Walker’s loss shows Trump’s fortunes have gone south

8 December 2022 2:00 am

Have Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations gone south? The failure of Herschel Walker to become the next senator from Georgia has…

China’s battle with Omicron is just beginning

8 December 2022 1:59 am

Zero Covid seems to be ending in China. After three years of pushing this policy, the message from the state…

Why Germany’s far-right coup was doomed from the start

8 December 2022 1:10 am

Twenty-five people have been arrested by German authorities on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. A failed coup attempt…

Let’s kick penalties out of football

7 December 2022 11:00 pm

Spain crashed out of the World Cup on penalties last night, despite dominating possession against Morocco for two solid hours.…