Ireland is looking for its own Nigel Farage

yesterday 20

Iain Dale

Going to the dogs / Greyhound racing is on its last lap

yesterday 10

Niko Vorobyov

Polish plumbers and the problem with national stereotypes

yesterday 9

Piotr Wilczek

Andrew Keir case / Accused rapists aren’t getting a fair trial in Scotland

yesterday 7

Stuart Waiton

Cricket / Why England will win the Ashes

yesterday 7

Henry Blofeld

Why Israel fears Turkey’s involvement in Gaza

yesterday 6

Jonathan Spyer

Nobody Wants This could learn a few things from Seinfeld

yesterday 6

Naomi Firsht

An independent Bank of England isn’t working

yesterday 6

Mani Basharzad

Icon Animorum / Polish plumbers and the problem with national stereotypes

yesterday 10

Piotr Wilczek

Chile flirts with a rightward turn

yesterday 4

Sam Meadows

The rise of the on-the-day party drop-out

yesterday 5

Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Power and machismo / Chile flirts with a rightward turn

yesterday 5

Sam Meadows

Accused rapists aren’t getting a fair trial in Scotland

yesterday 5

Stuart Waiton

To the dogs / Greyhound racing is on its last lap

yesterday 5

Niko Vorobyov

England will win the Ashes

yesterday 5

Henry Blofeld

Sunday shows round-up: Mahmood’s migration ‘moral mission’

yesterday 4

Joe Bedell-Brill

Nazis / Did Hitler really have only ‘one ball’?

Everyone knows the rhyme about Adolf Hitler. The popular ribald wartime song, beloved of school children, has it that: ‘Hitler has only got one...

previous day 20

Nigel Jones

The UK’s tax take, take, take

Helping her country ski ever more steeply down the wrong side of the Laffer curve, Rachel Reeves may be preparing to violate Labour’s manifesto and...

previous day 10

Lionel Shriver

Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ risks playing into Reform’s hands

Keir Starmer’s ‘reset’ talks between the UK and EU are continuing. Having agreed in principle to renewing the post-Brexit diplomatic and economic...

previous day 10

Andrew Lilico

Why are the worst politicians always so beautiful?

There’s not one damn thing I like about New York’s mayor Zohran Mamdani. I don’t like his politics, his religion, his flagrantly daft promises....

previous day 10

Julie Burchill

America thinks Britain is finished

‘What’s missing?’ the tech titan Peter Thiel asks me, over lunch on the hummingbird-infested patio of his house in the Hollywood Hills. He...

previous day 10

Matt Ridley

The scourge of parcel theft sums up modern Britain

‘We’re sorry we missed you; your delivery is scheduled for tomorrow’ the email reads. Another day, another bungled parcel delivery from Evri,...

previous day 10

Arabella Byrne

Brexit / Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ risks playing into Reform’s hands

Keir Starmer’s ‘reset’ talks between the UK and EU are continuing. Having agreed in principle to renewing the post-Brexit diplomatic and economic...

previous day 10

Andrew Lilico

I’m the heir to Manhattan

I’m owed around $680 billion. Some 77 acres of downtown Manhattan belong to the Carter family, according to a letter written in 1894. Wall Street,...

previous day 10

Gus Carter

Lost legacy / I’m the heir to Manhattan

I’m owed around $680 billion. Some 77 acres of downtown Manhattan belong to the Carter family, according to a letter written in 1894. Wall Street,...

previous day 6

Gus Carter

Bungled budget / Keir Starmer’s omnishambles government

What a week. Seven days ago, we were wondering what Rachel Reeves was up to with her pre-Budget messaging. At the start of this week the future of...

previous day 20

Tim Shipman

Did Hitler really have only ‘one ball’?

Everyone knows the rhyme about Adolf Hitler. The popular ribald wartime song, beloved of school children, has it that: ‘Hitler has only got one...

previous day 10

Nigel Jones

What UCL’s blood libel lecture says about Britain

This week at one of Britain’s most prestigious universities, an academic has been accused of sitting in front of a room full of students and...

previous day 10

Rosa Freedman

Anti-Semitism / What UCL’s blood libel lecture says about Britain

This week at one of Britain’s most prestigious universities, an academic has been accused of sitting in front of a room full of students and...

previous day 30

Rosa Freedman

Watch: David Davis attacks veteran prosecutions

It has been another bad week for the government. Growth down to 0.1 per cent, a briefing war engulfing No. 10 and now the Budget plans in crisis...

friday 1

Steerpike

Watch: Zarah Sultana squirms on BBC

‘Ohhhhh Jeremy Corbyn!’ Where would Mr S be without him eh? The grift that keeps on giving has been in full flow this month, with the organisers...

friday 10

Steerpike

Sydney Sweeney, the Hollywood radical

Every time you feel down about Britain’s out-of-touch elites, a look across the Atlantic is a reassuring reminder that it could be worse....

friday 50

Madeline Grant

High streets / Britain’s cities are descending into a San Francisco-style nightmare

One morning a few months ago I was walking past St James’s Park station when a dishevelled man with his fists clenched stepped into my path without...

friday 50

John Power

Rachel Reeves rips up her Budget plans

With less than a fortnight to go until the Budget, it seems Rachel Reeves has performed an almighty U-turn. At the beginning of the week, the...

friday 20

James Heale

What happens when there’s nothing left for AI to scrape?

There are several class actions going on against developers of Large Language Models. Jodi Picoult, George R.R. Martin, John Grisham and several...

friday 10

Gary Dexter

Food chains / How to get Britain eating healthily again

Another week, another government offensive against childhood obesity. This time it’s a fresh round of pleas for new levies on junk food. And right...

friday 3

Rosie Lewis

Lastminute.non / The rise of the on-the-day party drop-out

A new drinks-party-shirking method has taken hold in British society. I call it ‘Lastminute.non’. Previously, the way of not going to someone’s...

friday 10

Ysenda Maxtone Graham

England football fans don’t know how good they’ve got it

England won their World Cup qualifier game again last night, this time against Serbia. And, once more, the Wembley reaction was rather muted....

friday 10

Robert Taylor

Hotels are still hopeless at accommodating disabled guests

I was sitting in a hotel restaurant in Cheshire a while back: one of those rambling country manors, full of mock Jacobean wood panelling and fake...

friday 10

Rob Crossan

Who do junior doctors think would fund their pay rise?

I know doctors have a long training and have to absorb a lot of knowledge before they are let loose in a surgery or a hospital ward, but still...

friday 10

Ross Clark

The damage from Reeves’s ‘exit tax’ idea has been done

It appears that Rachel Reeves has scrapped her plans for an ‘exit tax’ that would impose a huge levy on entrepreneurs leaving the UK – at least for...

friday 10

Matthew Lynn

Is it a happy birthday for King Charles?

King Charles III turns 77 today. He will be enjoying a typically packed day, with activities both ceremonial and personal. His Welsh association...

friday 10

Alexander Larman

Three wagers for Cheltenham’s November meeting

Fairly heavy rain fell at Cheltenham overnight and there is a lot more to come today. If there is anything near the predicted 30mm of the wet stuff...

friday 10

Penworthy

Why can’t the BBC just say sorry?

A famous pop star once sang that sorry seemed to be the hardest word. Almost fifty years after Elton John uttered those sentiments, nothing has...

friday 10

Patrick West

The Guardian’s Matthew Goodwin hit job doesn’t add up

It was only a matter of time before the Guardian went for Professor Matthew Goodwin. The honorary president of Reform’s new student wing came under...

friday 10

Laurie Wastell

German conscription should trouble Britain – but not for the reason you think

For years, Germany, like Britain, has drifted through history as though nothing could ever again disturb its peace. The world outside was assumed...

friday 10

Henry Donovan

Is South Korea bracing for a third Trump-Kim summit?

Donald Trump’s meeting with President Xi was the standout moment of this month’s Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit in South Korea. Yet almost as much...

friday 10

Patrick Gibbons

Junior doctors’ strikes are good for my wallet – but totally avoidable

Until Tuesday, I’m once again working as a junior doctor: trying to remember how to take blood, print labels, and manage being bleeped by three...

friday 10

Druin Burch

The Jewish blood libel is back. It’s return should trouble us all

It’s back. The lie that led to the slaughter of so many Jews has returned to public life. The calumny that caused so much anti-Jewish persecution,...

friday 6

Brendan O’Neill

Keir Starmer’s omnishambles government

What a week. Seven days ago, we were wondering what Rachel Reeves was up to with her pre-Budget messaging. At the start of this week the future of...

friday 2

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Ireland is looking for its own Nigel Farage

Iain Dale

Going to the dogs / Greyhound racing is on its last lap

Niko Vorobyov

Polish plumbers and the problem with national stereotypes

Piotr Wilczek

Andrew Keir case / Accused rapists aren’t getting a fair trial in Scotland

Stuart Waiton

Cricket / Why England will win the Ashes

Henry Blofeld

Why Israel fears Turkey’s involvement in Gaza

Jonathan Spyer

Nobody Wants This could learn a few things from Seinfeld

Naomi Firsht

An independent Bank of England isn’t working

Mani Basharzad

Icon Animorum / Polish plumbers and the problem with national stereotypes

Piotr Wilczek

Chile flirts with a rightward turn

Sam Meadows

The rise of the on-the-day party drop-out

Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Power and machismo / Chile flirts with a rightward turn

Sam Meadows

Accused rapists aren’t getting a fair trial in Scotland

Stuart Waiton

To the dogs / Greyhound racing is on its last lap

Niko Vorobyov

England will win the Ashes

Henry Blofeld

Sunday shows round-up: Mahmood’s migration ‘moral mission’

Joe Bedell-Brill

Nazis / Did Hitler really have only ‘one ball’?

Nigel Jones

The UK’s tax take, take, take

Lionel Shriver

Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ risks playing into Reform’s hands

Andrew Lilico

Why are the worst politicians always so beautiful?

Julie Burchill

America thinks Britain is finished

Matt Ridley

The scourge of parcel theft sums up modern Britain

Arabella Byrne

Brexit / Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ risks playing into Reform’s hands

Andrew Lilico

I’m the heir to Manhattan

Gus Carter

Lost legacy / I’m the heir to Manhattan

Gus Carter

Bungled budget / Keir Starmer’s omnishambles government

Tim Shipman

Did Hitler really have only ‘one ball’?

Nigel Jones

What UCL’s blood libel lecture says about Britain

Rosa Freedman

Anti-Semitism / What UCL’s blood libel lecture says about Britain

Rosa Freedman

Watch: David Davis attacks veteran prosecutions

Steerpike

Watch: Zarah Sultana squirms on BBC

Steerpike

Sydney Sweeney, the Hollywood radical

Madeline Grant

High streets / Britain’s cities are descending into a San Francisco-style nightmare

John Power

Rachel Reeves rips up her Budget plans

James Heale

What happens when there’s nothing left for AI to scrape?

Gary Dexter

Food chains / How to get Britain eating healthily again

Rosie Lewis

Lastminute.non / The rise of the on-the-day party drop-out

Ysenda Maxtone Graham

England football fans don’t know how good they’ve got it

Robert Taylor

Hotels are still hopeless at accommodating disabled guests