Belfast after the ‘beheading’
Sheltering from the rain in a bus stop on East Belfast’s Protestant Newtownards Road, a location whose growing trendiness sits uneasily with its active UVF paramilitarism, an elderly couple looked…
The end of Pax Americana at sea
The Ukrainians have a lot to teach the United States and the Trump administration about naval warfare. Read more The indignity of Gaudí Lego When Russia invaded four years ago,…
The indignity of Gaudí Lego
When asked why his masterpiece, the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona, was taking so long to complete, the architect Antoni Gaudí is said to have replied, “my client can wait”.…
Hunter Biden: from failson to antihero
Let’s play a game: who said it, Hunter Biden or Kendall Roy? “I am interested in becoming a meth head”; “I would never have forgotten my drugs.” “He’s protecting his…
Von der Leyen is coming for Europe’s wallet
The Multiannual Financial Framework. Even for a body as jargon-prone as the European Union, the phrase feels almost bewilderingly dull. Perhaps that’s the point. For hidden amid the technical language…
Starmer’s cynical child-safety crusade
Won’t somebody think of the children? When they choose to, Left-wingers are more than capable of noticing the emotive force of this appeal, and its power as a stalking-horse for…
Spycraft will decide Iran’s fate
After four months of war, Israel still has targets to hit. The latest IDF raids, in this increasingly fictional ceasefire, smashed Iranian missile-defense systems and a petrochemical plant in the…
Why the US sucks at soccer
As the United States prepares to host the World Cup for the second time, it’s worth grappling with an uncomfortable fact. The Yanks are highly unlikely ever to become a…
Can America ever escape race?
Ever since he attained the age of majority some four decades ago, Terence Hamilton, now 57, has voted in Mississippi’s Second Congressional District, covering 30 counties across the western part…
Death and glory at the Isle of Man TT
“Those who risk nothing, do nothing, achieve nothing, become nothing.” Etched into the black marble of a Bradford gravestone, these words commemorate the life and victories of David Jeffries. He…