Michael Karam
Michael Karam is the editor of “Tears of Bacchus: A history of winemaking in the Arab World”. He's a journalist and award-winning wine writer. He is a lover of Lebanese food and drink, cigars, whisky and watches.
Our man in Beirut
The “Glorious Dead” are often only “Glorious” when it suits us
The name game
There’s a meeting of the world’s most important leaders, and Rishi has been invited along, too
This isn’t about me
Who? Me? A future Conservative Party leader? Well, if you say so…
Turning the tables on coercion?
Lord Walney’s report on political extremism is valuable if flawed
Why so few men take up the pen
With publishing now such a female-dominated industry, it’s no surprise that there are so few men writing fiction
Australian insights into Britain under Labour
Anthony Albanese’s government offers a depressing glimpse of Britain’s future
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
Why did the Eye look away?
Surely a title known for investigative journalism would be concerned by a series of trans scandals
What is culture anyway?
Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes