World
Is Isis to blame for the Pakistan mosque bombing?
The Islamic State may have been driven out of its capitals in Iraq’s Mosul and Syria’s Raqqa but that doesn’t…
What does the IMF want from the UK economy?
Just what is a UK government supposed to do to keep the IMF happy? This morning it has issued a…
Is the CCP’s desperation behind China’s abrupt reopening?
China usually shuts down for the Lunar New Year, but Communist party leaders have marked the arrival of the Year…
Israel is trapped in a cycle of national self-sabotage
Jerusalem, 13 May 1998. Khairi Alkam, a 51-year-old Palestinian labourer, left home early in the morning to pray at al-Aqsa…
The queen of chess makes her next move
When a young male friend offered to teach me chess last summer, I thought it sounded an exotic thing to…
The tech companies have no clothes
“I don’t think you want a management structure that’s just managers managing managers, managing managers, managing managers, managing the people…
A Third Intifada looms in Israel
Peace has never seemed further away for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Several dreadful incidents recently have made that…
Rishi Sunak is no John Major
As the skies darken over Rishi Sunak’s embattled government, with ministers being fired or placed under investigation, opinion polls dire…
Boris battles the Kremlin over Putin threats
Ding, ding, ding! In the red corner, it’s the menacing goons of Moscow’s Red Square. And in the blue corner,…
Sam Smith and the embarrassing terribleness of LGBTQIA+ culture
Pop music – and specifically pop music stardom – has an incredible power to transform people into things they are…
How King Charles can solve his Prince Harry coronation conundrum
Most men in their seventies, if they had to attend an arduous public event, would hope that their younger son’s…
Eddie Redmayne’s transgender confusion
Eddie Redmayne is clearly still troubled by his portrayal of the transsexual Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. Eight years…
Who thought the Prince Andrew sex bath picture was a good idea?
How big does a bath need to be for ‘sex frolicking’ to be a possibility? That’s not, if you’d asked anyone six…
Tocqueville’s warning about the Democrats
Cassandra was a Trojan princess with the gift of prophecy — or the curse. For while she could foresee the…
Do we really have the full story about the Zahawi affair?
Why was Nadhim Zahawi fired? Today’s report by Laurie Magnus, the PM’s adviser on ministerial interests, says it’s a question…
Save American tipping culture
Recently, I ordered a pizza. Since the establishment was only a few blocks away, I decided to pick it up…
Next Tory chairman: runners and riders
One man’s loss is another man’s gain and few know that maxim better than Conservative MPs. Members of the parliamentary…
Zahawi’s sacking could be Sunak’s ‘John Major moment’
It is a very dangerous time to be a Conservative MP and not just because the party is trailing by…
Nadhim turns on the media
So. Farewell then. Nadhim Zahawi. It’s been quite the six months for the onetime favourite to succeed Boris Johnson. He…
Why Nadhim Zahawi was sacked
Nadhim Zahawi has this morning been sacked as Conservative party chairman. The Prime Minister made the decision to remove Zahawi…
A chav’s guide to chavs
People who aren’t chavs think that chavs are offended by the word. I’m a chav and I can tell you…
Why I sacked Nadhim Zahawi
When I became Prime Minister last year, I pledged that the Government I lead would have integrity, professionalism and accountability…
Revealed: The damning probe into Zahawi’s tax affairs that led to his departure
Rishi Sunak has sacked Nadhim Zahawi over his tax affairs and a ‘serious breach’ of the ministerial code. The PM…
Dresden’s Rumpelstiltskin and the strange tale of European porcelain
Strolling along Dresden’s Brühlsche Terrasse, an elegant promenade above the River Elbe known as ‘the balcony of Europe’, the wartime…
What the Census reveals about trans people in Britain
‘Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?’. Brits were asked that question for…
