There’s nothing new about the sexist Remainer elite sneering at Liz Truss
My current WhatsApp profile picture is that famous 1986 photo of Margaret Thatcher begoggled and riding in a tank during a visit to troops in West Germany….
The hair shirt eco-elite don’t want pain-free fusion power
Fusion energy is coming. Last week’s announcement of a significant energy yield from the Joint European Torus in Oxfordshire is just a milestone on the path but…
If he sticks with the EU’s failed model then Boris Johnson is doomed
Not for the first time, Boris Johnson has been saved by his opponents’ crassness. A month ago, with his approval ratings in freefall and his erstwhile supporters…
Why the Left would live to regret punishing private schools
If Labour wins the next election, private schools could be in trouble. But then, so could state schools, too. Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, has warned parents…
The post-Covid economy faces an uphill battle
On the surface, the latest GDP figures bring considerable cause for cheer. Last year, the economy enjoyed the fastest growth since the Second World War. The omicron…
Dear Richard Madeley: ‘The only thing separating me and my dream dog is my husband’
Dear Richard, I really want a dog – specifically, a cavapoo. My husband and I are retired; we live in a village where every other household has…
Denim has had a makeover for spring 2022 – and here are the best pieces to buy
The origin of denim is unknown, but is thought to come from Nîmes in France, where it was listed as a twill weave fabric that combines one…
I’m finally ditching trousers for skirts – here’s the stylish ones to buy now
When asked by Barbara Walters in a 1981 television interview if she owned a skirt, Katharine Hepburn responded: “I have one; I’ll wear it to your funeral.”…
Jasper Conran: ‘My father Terence liked people being under his control’
Now that he’s free to do his own thing, he’s not wafting off into flights of expensive fancy. Although he has designed china for Wedgwood, costumed at…
Still not sold on stompy boots? Here’s why you’re missing out
Lisa wears a wool blend shirt dress, £119, Massimo Dutti; Leather boots, £295, Russell & Bromley; jewellery her own When you think about the palaver of…
British company found to be making slick propaganda films for China
Ms McLeod continues to be listed as a director of the company, and has been since 2011; company filings indicate she holds all the shares as of…
New Zealand fail to clear ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters despite blasting Macarena on loop at protest camp
By the evening officials had concocted a new plan to move them along: using a sound system to blast out never-ending vaccine messages and 80’s hits. But…
Canada truckers: Police start evicting Freedom Convoy protesters blocking US border crossing
On Friday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in the province that will allow his cabinet to impose $100,000 fines and up to one…
The least unpopular president: Is France sleepwalking into another Macron victory?
While Mr Macron had maintained a clear line on Europe, pro-business liberalism à la française and crossing political divides, “all the others are torn between different forces,” he insisted….
20 stylish country house hotels for the perfect spring break
If you’ve been paying attention, you will have noticed little green stalks sprouting out of the ground on roadsides and in forests everywhere. You will have clocked…
10 best child-free holidays – perfect for empty-nesters
Occasionally, as if to punish us for forcing culture on them, someone would “accidentally” stumble against one of those wires you see around exhibits, thus triggering the…
10 teen-friendly breaks in Spain
It is the Valentine’s Day news that many of us have been waiting for. And it has nothing to do with love-hearts, chocolates or vastly overpriced flowers….
Why The Fresh Prince of Bel Air is so important to black families like mine
Like nursery rhymes and ice cream-van chimes, the theme song to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a soundtrack to my childhood, I wasn’t born when the…
Civil servants ‘subvert and sabotage’ ministers by defying order to scrap unconscious bias training
The Civil Service has defied ministers to keep mandatory “unconscious bias” training despite the Government scrapping it a year ago for being ineffective, The Telegraph can disclose….
Seizing land to make way for solar farms could worsen ‘deep and troubling’ farming crisis
Campaigners have warned that Britain faces a worsening agricultural crisis if it presses ahead with turning thousands of acres of land into solar farms to meet net…
What’s on TV tonight: French drama The Promise, ITV’s new talent show Starstruck, and more
Saturday 12 February The PromiseBBC Four, 9pm & 9.55pmAnother Saturday night, another subtitled thriller about missing children, but six-parter The Promise, available in full on BBC iPlayer…
Majority of Londoners think Cressida Dick was right to quit amid Met Police scandals
Only eight per cent of both Londoners and people nationally believed she had been successful in rooting out sexism and racism in the force, compared with 51…
Why sanctions and blockades can backfire catastrophically
The implications could be troubling, as Mulder shows. One idealistic young official of the League blithely wrote: “It is the starvation of the general population and in…
The National’s Bryce Dessner surprised with his nature-inspired piece, plus the best of February’s classical concerts
Not so long ago, contemporary classical music was an otherworldly thing, a play of pure sounds disposed in fascinating abstract patterns. The world of politics and burning…
It may be pure propaganda, but this British war film is one of the greatest ever made
Every British film made between 1939 and about 1950 was, fundamentally, propaganda. Until 1945, they were aimed at keeping up the morale of a public that from day to…