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In pictures: Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s presidential palace
A few days after the anniversary of the 6 January events in Washington DC, thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters stormed…
Harry’s interview is an explosive, flame-throwing spectacle
Bombs away! Prince Harry’s mission to dump ordnance on his nearest and dearest continued last night in a riveting interview…
Is a Boris comeback really on the cards?
As MPs return to parliament after the Christmas break, Rishi Sunak is under pressure both on the NHS and strikes.…
Prince Harry saves his toughest treatment for Camilla
Prince Harry kicked off the promo tour for his memoir Spare in earnest on Sunday, with a pair of interviews either side…
Prince Harry’s ITV interview shows why there won’t be a royal reconciliation
It’s fair to say that last night’s ITV interview – imaginatively entitled Harry: The Interview – between Prince Harry and his long-standing friend, the journalist…
Progressives turn on Prince Harry after Lady Hussey defence
One of the more surprising moments in Sunday night’s ITV interview was when Prince Harry sought to defend Lady Susan…
Harry’s complete lack of self-doubt is a problem for the royal family
Watching Prince Harry being interviewed by Tom Bradby, one thing was clear: the man is in deadly earnest. He is…
ITV’s interview with Prince Harry was a missed opportunity
For days now, there has been great excitement about Prince Harry’s first UK television interview. Here, at long last, was…
Did Tom Bradby ask Prince Harry ‘the tough questions’?
Poor old Tom Bradby. He got the interview that everyone wants to watch – the first sit-down with Prince Harry…
The Observer’s embarrassing John Stonehouse blunder
Oh dear. In their endless Tory-bashing quest, it seems that the Observer has blundered again. The release of a new…
China’s ICU problem
The difficulty of ramping up hospital care for Covid might threaten the CCP’s control of its people. Only a few…
The paradox of Alan Watts
There’s an advert for cruise holidays on television at the moment. It’s all dolphins and dining halls and laughing women…
China’s chip industry is struggling
China is entering the new year with its tech ambitions under a Covid cloud. The enormous cost of the now…
Even Americans are growing tired of the Sussexes
With his forthcoming memoir and surrounding publicity tours, the Duke of Sussex has passed the point of no return. He…
How Childline was captured by trans ideology
Childline has acted as a haven for struggling children for over 35 years. In 2006, it became part of the National…
What has Kevin McCarthy won?
After Kevin McCarthy finally ascended to the heights of the speaker’s chair, it remains to be seen what he actually…
It’s not just social science that could do with more mathematics
The physics department at King’s College London offers a module called ‘Gender Action’. Students studying this module go into schools and…
The UK has finally chalked up a Brexit win
We haven’t lowered tariffs on food. We haven’t done many new trade deals, and certainly not one with the United…
Does Harry’s own ghostwriter dislike him?
You really have to wonder what Harry and Meghan, hunkered down in their Montecito wellness bunker, currently make of the…
How long before Rishi Sunak goes off his own pledges?
When I was a student, my housemates and I would buy our groceries from a shop that offered only days…
Isn’t it time we stripped Harry and Meghan of their titles?
Is it time that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex became plain Mr and Mrs Windsor? They seem so full…
Five times Harry invaded other people’s privacy
‘It never needed to be this way,’ sighs Prince Harry in the trailer for his forthcoming ITV interview: ‘the leaking…
The Elgin marbles and the rot of ‘decolonisation’
The proposed return to Greece, in the guise of loans, of some of the British Museum’s most iconic objects, the…
Prince Harry has done something unforgivable
I’m just going to say it: I’m Team William. In that scrap that Prince Harry says happened at Nottingham Cottage,…
Why did Facebook reject The Spectator’s Joe Biden cover?
Earlier this week, I was asked to list the three biggest threats to the media. Aside from the general sales…