When Keir Starmer this week pledged to the global investors he’d summoned to London that he would clear pesky regulations out of their way, he stood in a long line going back, at least, to the young ...
Listening to Donald Trump, there’s a point when you begin to feel your brain dying. Words don’t come, and sentences will not form; the language simply isn’t up to dealing with the shamelessness and ...
Tanni Grey-Thompson is telling me about her concerns with “inspiration porn”—a term she assures me I can safely google. It refers, she tells me, to the way the media talk about disabled people “as if ...
Since 2022, the year that Andrew Tate first went viral online, a spectre has haunted headlines, school playgrounds and children’s smartphones: the rise in anti-feminism among boys. This often-violent ...
To lead the Conservatives to victory at the next election, the party’s new leader must defy history. Three months ago, the government of the United Kingdom changed hands for the fourth time in half a ...
The deadly hurricanes that pelted the American southeast in the last month could still affect the outcome of the presidential race, in ways that previous storms have not. Parts of North Carolina and ...
Baroness Warsi, former Conservative cabinet minister and lawyer, joins Ellen and Alona to talk about her new book Muslims Don’t Matter, about “the silencing, stereotyping and stigmatising of Muslims ...
From print runs to piss-ups, a listener wants to know what a Fleet Street job really entails. Alan and Lionel tell all... From today's hottest new columnists to the perils of fine wine, Alan ...
In his clinic on Harley Street, Ghassan Abu Sitta does facelifts, brow lifts, lip lifts and blepharoplasties. Today, in Beirut, he tends to blast injuries, amputations and crushed limbs. His internet ...
The year is 2023 and I’m in the middle of a depressive episode that almost finished me off. My cat, Stanley—an affectionate orange tomcat we adopted when I was 12 years old has recently passed away.
This month, our columnists are busy with new difficult tasks. Sarah Collins, our Mindful life columnist, boards the emotional rollercoaster that comes with preparing to live abroad, while Anglican ...
Keir Starmer’s first 100 days haven’t been great, but it’s the second 100 days that matter more, particularly the budget at the end of this month. The real problem with the last three months isn’t ...