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The rise of Isis in Russia’s prisons
On Friday, a hostage crisis unfolded at the IK-19 prison colony near Volgograd, the southern Russian city once known as Stalingrad. Four…
French Jews are living in fear
The Paralympics begin in Paris tomorrow but the feel-good factor generated in France by the Olympic Games at the start…
The horrors of an Oasis reunion
Twenty years ago, I suffered through seeing Oasis perform at Glastonbury. It remains one of the worst, if not the…
Sven-Goran Eriksson was an England great
Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has died aged 76, was an unlikely choice for the England job in 2000. He was inexperienced…
Calm down about the Notting Hill Carnival
There was recently a mass public party at which all sorts of offences were committed. As innocent attendees cut loose…
The culture wars are far from over
It’s only been a month since the new Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, declared that the ‘era of culture wars is…
Iran and Hezbollah don’t want a war with Israel
Hezbollah’s response to the killing of senior official Fuad Shukr, when it finally came, was a more minor event than…
How serious is the Starmer sleaze row?
Another week, another accusation of sleaze in relation to the Labour party. After initially winning some plaudits over the summer…
Two successive 2024 campaigns in a very strange election year
This is one very strange presidential campaign. That’s not just because it seems to go on forever. This one seemed…
Labour’s outrageous attack on academic free speech
In an extraordinary outburst, a government source has described the new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, introduced by the…
In defence of Kirstie Allsopp
The jibe, commonly attributed to Napoleon, that England is a nation of shopkeepers, was at least a sort of compliment.…
Is anti-tourism becoming Spain’s Brexit?
Believing that membership of the European Union was undeniably beneficial for the UK economy, many Remainers struggled to understand why…
Ignoring the Taliban won’t end their reign of terror
The Taliban have always had a strange misogynist world view, weirdly preoccupied by sex. The first time they were in…
The race for Arctic dominance has entered space
In the years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the west has been forced to tackle the question of national defence…
The arrest of Pavel Durov raises awkward questions
Pavel Durov, Russian-born founder of the Telegram messaging and social media app, has been arrested in France for failing to…
Are Labour about to u-turn on the winter fuel payment?
Could Labour be about to water down its removal of the winter fuel payment for pensioners? The chorus of muttering…
Israel’s strikes on Lebanon bring Jerusalem one step closer to regional dominance
As the dust literally settles across southern Lebanon in the aftermath of the Israeli airstrikes, we are starting to see…
The Islamists want to silence music the way they have free speech
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday at a festival in Germany that left three people…
Lorraine Kelly’s Brexit holiday shame
Congratulations to the artist formerly known as Lorraine Kelly, for taking the gong for this weekend’s most tasteless media appearance.…
Things can only get worse for Keir Starmer
When Rishi Sunak announced a July election during a torrential downpour, one leftist wag played ‘Things Can Only Get Better’…
Labour U-turns on No. 10 donor pass
It’s just 50 days since Keir Starmer took office – so it’s impressive he’s already embroiled in a sleaze row.…
The EU finally takes the Red Sea crisis seriously
An oil tanker carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude oil is on fire and adrift in the Red Sea, after Houthi…
How life carries on near the Kursk front line
Sumy, Ukraine In the city of Sumy, the jumping off point for the Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Kursk region, the…
Portofino has become a living nightmare
I can think of few things worse than being a tourist. So I must admit that I did manage a…
The terrifying scale of the green revolution
Many have been emotionally drawn to the green revolution in the belief that renewable energy will restore our personal and…
