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Ukraine stuns Russia with a counter-offensive in Kherson region
The southern city of Kherson, which fell to Russian forces in the first few days of the war, is one…
Japan's cult of safetyism
The Japanese government has launched an initiative to encourage young people to drink more alcohol. Yes, really. The national tax…
We still love our failing NHS
A new poll about the NHS, the Sunday Times tells us, has discovered ‘a decline in support’ for the National…
One worldview has taken over the historical profession
Professor James H. Sweet is a temperate man. He seeks to avoid extremes. But he also seeks to be bold…
Why Crimea could be key to Ukraine winning the war
Over the six months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the ambitions of President Zelensky and his compatriots have only grown. From…
Europe still hasn’t learned from its lockdown debacles
In his fascinating interview in the current issue of The Spectator, Rishi Sunak revealed the black hole at the centre…
Olaf Scholz needs to deal with the Putin appeasers in his party
‘The weapons have to fall silent,’ the left wing of Germany’s ruling Social Democratic party suggested this week, in their…
Does ‘BDE’ mean masculinity isn’t ‘toxic’ anymore?
There’s an expression that’s been mainstream for a couple years now that most people refer to in its abbreviated and…
Shane Gillis is going places
It is a hot summer night at the truck warehouse that is home to Magooby’s Joke House, and 2014’s Baltimore…
Why are lesbians no longer welcome at Pride?
The lesbian group Get The L Out UK, founded to protest gender ideology and the pressure on same-sex attracted women…
Los Angeles is in freefall
On August 9, a crazy homeless woman riled by community activists stormed a Los Angeles city council meeting, shouting obscenities…
Liz Truss has a Boris Johnson problem
Can a honeymoon be over before the Wedding March has even begun? Liz Truss might be about to find out.…
Would Russia change if Putin died tomorrow?
Suppose Vladimir Putin drops dead tomorrow – he has to drop dead one day, after all. Will a chastened Russian…
Abundance doesn’t end
Speaking to his ministers at the Élysée Palace last Thursday, the très sérieux Emmanuel Macron called for unity and sacrifice…
What Philip Larkin can teach us about depression
A couple of years ago I taught The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin to some A-level students. In the last class they summed…
Why I’ll never make it in stand-up
I’m an idiot. Because only an idiot decides to seriously pursue stand-up comedy at thirty, which is when I began.…
Is Joe Biden… winning?
Well, well, well – Joe Biden seems to be making something of a comeback. His approval rating, which dropped to…
Can Moldova resist Russia’s embrace?
At the Cathedral of the Nativity, in the middle of Moldova’s capital Chisinau, many of those bowed in prayer before…
The Dnieper rapids and why Putin does not belong in Ukraine
Za in Ukrainian – and other Slavic languages – means ‘Beyond’, and porohi means ‘the Rapids’; so Zaporizhia stands for…
The four-day working week is a sham
The challenger bank sector has been such a graveyard in recent years that I don’t hold out much hope that…
What is Pope Francis up to?
If you think your diary looks busy over the next few days, spare a thought for Pope Francis. The 85-year-old,…
Is the right about to backslide on gay rights?
In a speech to August’s CPAC gathering in Dallas, Hungarian president Viktor Orbán said a good many admirable things about the…
The FBI search warrant is no slam dunk against Trump
At first read, the newly released Mar-a-Lago search warrant reveals little, with about half its pages redacted. It does suggest…
Zuckerberg's curious confession
Well, there you have it. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has confirmed that Facebook did indeed censor news of the New York Post’s 2020 Hunter Biden laptop story.…
An energy price freeze is a very bad idea
The confirmation of the huge jump in the Ofgem cap on domestic energy bills in October, and forecasts of even…
