In today’s Britain it is to be expected that our cultural institutions are run by people who hate the collection in their care as well as our culture and our

As the Chinese people protest against zero Covid, some reflection on our own awful experiences might have been expected Read more

The slovenly crypto-fraudster was exposed weeks ago. His business was not simply badly handled or the victim of unfortunate circumstances. FTX crypto exchange and the hedge fund Alameda Research went

MASS protests have broken out across China, and it is hard to stress how unusual this is. The Communist Party which rules the country has not faced anything like this

Everybody in the world knows why the World Cup is taking place in Qatar. It is because the Qataris are very rich and bribed Fifa officials to have the competition

REMEMBER when we were told that voting to leave the EU would mean we would “take back control” of our borders? Read more

There was a time only a decade ago when the Republican Party was full of war hawks. A bit too full, actually. After 9/11 it became a point of patriotism

For here we are in the realm of the sort of sanctimonious fraud that our species has known throughout history. Read more

Russia is going to lose this war. And Ukraine is going to win it. How can I say that with confidence? Because yesterday I was in the city of Kherson