Jeffrey Epstein
Denial or confession?
Mandelson is a true prince of the logocracy, whose greatest skill was, and still is, the emptying of language of fixed meaning
Mandelson’s wake
Keir Starmer claims that he did his due diligence — but he was not diligent enough
The very strange downfall of Noam Chomsky
The linguist and social commentator was perhaps the most surprising friend of Jeffrey Epstein
Peter Mandelson must go
His conduct has been shockingly disgraceful
Even Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor deserves justice
It would be very wrong to strip him of his South Atlantic Medal
How could Starmer be so stupid?
The Mandelson appointment illuminates Number 10’s delusional sense of self
Oh Mandy …
Peter Mandelson Resignation Day seems to come sooner every year
Kemi does good PMQs shocker!
Plus: Could Mandy get three resignations in three different decades?
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers