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How neurodiversity took over the Edinburgh Fringe
At this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, the new thing, the hot ticket, is being neurodiverse. Across comedy, stand up, magic and…
Why Gen Z women are looking for a man in finance
“I’m looking for a man in finance/Trust fund/6’5”/Blue eyes.” When Megan Boni posted this ditty on her TikTok account a…
The ‘Clooney effect’ hasn’t affected my village in Provence
My eldest daughter’s husband is from Como. In the early 2000s George Clooney caused a stir in the town when…
Cycling and sleeping in wine country
Tom Kevill-Davies and I are sitting on the deck of the Hungry Cyclist Lodge chatting about food and adventures. This…
Reginald D. Hunter and the cowardice of the comedy class
The brave clown who speaks the truth and shames the devil is a showbiz tradition, from Charlie Chaplin to Lenny…
The controversial truth about China’s new gas field
The news was seemingly big but the announcement curiously low key. Earlier this month, China declared that it had discovered…
Ukraine could deliver a killer ideological blow to Putin
As I write, four brigades of the Ukrainian army are advancing into the territory of the Russian Federation, and are…
Male violence does not take place in a vacuum
There have been lots of reasons to be optimistic this summer: the glorious spectacle of the Olympics; the (relatively) good…
Minouche Shafik and the great tragicomedy of Diversity in our time
Minouche Shafik has reigned as president of Columbia University. Culture wars, like the kind involving actual armies, have casualties. Shafik…
There is a little bit of Frank Sinatra in Donald Trump
Unless you are drinking from the cistern that Bill Kristol and his herd top off daily, you will have been…
Do we now have proof Ukraine blew up the Nord Stream pipelines?
When three of the four Nord Stream gas pipelines connecting Russia to Germany were destroyed by unknown saboteurs in September…
The desecration of Canterbury cathedral
According to canon 1220 of the Catholic church’s code of canon law, ‘all those responsible are to take care that…
Prison officer probes soar amid bonking craze
Prison is supposedly a place for wrongdoers to repent and reform – but it seems that even the staff inside…
Tim Walz’s military crime is all in the cover-up
There’s an unmistakable aura if you’ve ever been to any of the 172 VA medical centers run by the Veterans…
Dispelling the myths about electric vehicles
Every time I write about electric cars, there is an explosion of hostile comments online in which readers angrily denounce…
Is Columbia’s loss the UK Foreign Office’s gain?
Few will shed a tear at the news that Columbia University president Minouche Shafik is stepping down after months of…
Kamala Harris’s economic policy is completely idiotic
She didn’t have to slog around New Hampshire, there were no debates, and there were few opportunities for voters or…
Scottish Tory leadership candidates call for race to halt
All is not well in the Scottish Tory party. Now four of the six candidates have released a statement calling…
SNP in civil war over Israel deputy ambassador meet
It’s a day that ends in ‘y’ so the nationalists are fighting amongst themselves again. This time it’s over a…
Are monthly retail stats that useful?
So, we were all so impressed with the swashbuckling performance of Gareth Southgate’s team that we all rushed out and…
More rail strikes are an embarrassment for Labour
It is less than 48 hours since the government hailed a new deal with train drivers as proof that two…
Kamala’s economic plans are bonkers
She didn’t have to slog around New Hampshire, there were no debates, and there were few opportunities for voters or…
What should Starmer do about monkeypox?
The government has a bit of a conundrum. Given how Keir Starmer and his Labour colleagues damned the previous Conservative…
Can Keir cope with Kamala?
After a year of speculation about how Keir Starmer would work with Donald Trump, the situation stateside has changed dramatically.…
Tom Tugendhat’s war on TikTok
As the Tory leadership race heats up, all six candidates are trying to draw dividing lines to stand out to…
