‘Dad’s extravagant spending almost ruined me’
Money flowed into my childhood home. It was the 1980s – era of the yuppie – and in our house in the Essex countryside, the supply seemed…
The truth about the ‘sexist surcharge’ on emergency contraception in Britain
The product available today was originally conceived of as a medicine for women who were having more irregular sex to use on a fairly regular basis –…
Jonathan Pryce: ‘It’s a scandal my aunt had to sell her home to pay for dementia care’
Back in the Seventies when Pryce, fresh from Rada, was starting his career at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, his father, Isaac, was attacked in his grocery shop in…
Introducing a ‘woke code’ for MPs would represent a flagrant rejection of political liberalism
The central concept of political liberalism is humility. Political liberals believe there may well be answers to the differences that separate people, and we may even find…
Keir Starmer can’t escape his Remainer past
Aside from the deliberate snub to his deputy leader, Sir Keir Starmer’s reshuffle this week has widely been seen as a good one. Which, admittedly, is a…
Nicola Sturgeon knows her time has passed
Nicola Sturgeon is trapped. While many of her activists are growing impatient with their quest for independence, the Scottish electorate is becoming less interested in the constitutional…
Promoting narcissistic David Lammy was a big mistake
Angela Rayner was still getting to grips with her myriad titles during the last shadow cabinet reshuffle when she was seemingly deliberately blindsided by the timing of…
The eco mob are determined to extinguish Christmas itself
Did I ever mention just how much I appreciate an illuminated Santa stuck onto the front of a suburban semi? Twinkling penguin inflatables? Ooh yes please. And…
An unholy alliance between big tech and woke is destroying the middle class
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Ignore France’s silly ‘advice’ to Britain on migrants. Here’s a much better idea
How can we stop so many desperate people risking their lives in the English Channel? Gerald Darmanin, France’s interior minister, has offered us his advice. The British,…
The repeated use of emergency Covid powers makes me fear for our democracy
At 4am this morning, it became an offence to go into a shop or on public transport without a face covering. Whether you think this is long…
World leaders cannot afford to ignore the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran
Talks have resumed in Vienna, in a bid to discover whether the Iran nuclear deal can be salvaged. Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the…
New omicron rules must be temporary
The spectre of an emergency has again been raised to justify the reimposition of Covid restrictions by decree. From today, mask-wearing will be compulsory on public transport…
A benign omicron may be the answer to our economic prayers
It is almost too good to believe. The days go by and there is still little evidence that the omicron wave in South Africa is leading to…
The omicron hysteria shows we are being led by experts who have no idea what living a normal life is
Last week, I was the guest speaker at a wonderful Probus lunch in Leicestershire. I told the assembled throng that the newspaper columnist is basically a cannibal…
‘White thought crimes’ are resurfacing at Cambridge
In the past 12 months, freedom of speech at Cambridge University won two important battles, after several years of losing ground. The first victory was that the…
There’s no going back to ‘normal’ – we just have to live with anxiety
So, suddenly everyone knows the Greek alphabet and exactly how worried to be about omicron. Hugely? A bit? Somewhat? Well, guess what? I don’t believe anyone who…
Inside White Company founder Chrissie Rucker’s Christmas-ready home… no prizes for guessing the colour scheme
As for so many of us, Christmas 2020 at the home of The White Company founder, Chrissie Rucker, was a rather surreal affair. ‘Our son Tom had…
The most opulent cars to buy this Christmas
The luxury car industry stuttered back to life in 2021, then took off full throttle as Covid restrictions eased. Freedom opened the floodgates but as demand soared,…
Three decades of Demi Moore and what her ‘downageing’ can teach the rest of us
By the time Moore hit 40, she had grown out her locks into an ultra-long and glossy style which she’s since made her signature bucking the trend…
Maria Sharapova: Emma Raducanu must enjoy every fashion opportunity that comes her way
But since announcing her retirement from tennis in February 2020 (after 28 years of play, becoming world No 1, achieving five Grand Slam titles, and becoming the…
Zara heiress Marta Ortega takes over fashion empire
Investors and analysts raised concerns that Inditex’s new leadership lacked the experience and track record of their predecessors. Analysts at Kepler said: “We believe that the timing…
The 7 festive style lessons to take from the Fashion Awards’ best-dressed attendees
It was the night when pretty much all of fashion finally came out to play, and if the chill factor was fierce, so were the outfits. While…
61 of the best shoes, bags and dresses for the festive season
From top to bottom: Sequin bag, rent from £49 a month, Cocoon; Crepe and feather blouse, £250, Rixo; Yellow gold, diamond and enamel ring, £510, Mejuri. Crystal…
Watch: On the frontline of Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has sent the country spiralling into a humanitarian crisis. Today, some 19 million Afghans cannot feed themselves and that will rise to…