In Iranian mythology, Arash the Archer represents the highest form of sacrifice for one’s homeland. His story is not merely the story of an archer, but of a man who gave his life to preserve the independence and territorial integrity of Iran.
After years of war between Iran and Turan, Afrasiab of Turan invaded Iran and besieged Manuchehr of the ...
We should have seen this coming. It was patent from the start that last year’s ‘one in, one out’ agreement with France was a toothless pact designed for show, that left all the immigration cards in France’s hands and most of the more undesirable would-be migrants in ours. We could also have foreseen that a sniping lawfare campaign against even this ...
England are through to the semi-finals of the World Cup – thanks to two brilliant goals from Jude Bellingham. The midfielder came to England’s rescue, first with an equaliser just before half-time, and then the crucial winner in the first period of extra time. Twelve of the 13 England goals in this tournament have come from Bellingham and Kane, ...
No one can say they weren’t warned. For years, bookmakers, punters and the horse racing industry have tried to explain, with increasing desperation, why affordability checks are dangerous and unworkable. At every turn, the Gambling Commission has covered its ears. This week it confirmed it will push ahead with intrusive financial checks on people ...
The civil war between the Coalition and One Nation began in earnest last week, so let’s talk about it.
To begin, picking a fight with One Nation has its benefits for the Coalition, chiefly, it distracts them from fighting each other over policy direction. After the Liberals and Nationals split twice under Sussan Ley regarding Net Zero, Angus Taylor and ...
Boris Johnson is one, under the merry Tory veneer. Bill and Hillary Clinton were pioneers. Barack Obama is one – he seemed not to be at first – then he seemed happier cutting Netflix deals than trying to inspire a tricky nation. Peter Mandelson is very much one – his comment about being intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich is gliberal ...
In May this year, two Indian climbers died on Mount Everest’s southern slopes in Nepal. Arun Kumar Tiwari reached the summit but developed acute mountain sickness (AMS) on the descent and died at about 8,790 metres. His teammate, Sandeep Are, also collapsed but was dragged down to Camp II by five Sherpas only to succumb to altitude sickness there.
Both ...
A tiny island in the Orkneys. A renegade group of Catholic monks who have rejected every Pope since the 1960s. The planned illicit consecration of a bishop. The clandestine departure of three monks. And a mysterious death beneath the waves of the North Sea.
They seem determined to step into a schismatic chasm from which it will be very difficult to ...
At the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks memorial lecture at the LSE this week, David Miliband ‘broke his silence’ after days of intense speculation that he will soon be announced as Andy Burnham’s Foreign Secretary.
Unfortunately, I think Miliband as foreign secretary would represent at best stale continuity and at worst a disaster
We shall have to wait and see ...
In an academic world where scholars regret seeing their cherished theories vanish into the knacker’s yard, Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is unusual in wishing people would retire one of his best-known coinages.
He may have his work cut out in trying to push back against the popularity of the term he coined in a culture now awash in woozy autistic ...
In keeping with what we has occurred in many other states in Australia, the Greens in Tasmania are seeking to introduce an ‘anti-conversion’ bill and it should be of serious concern to everyone and especially to people of Christian faith. A copy of the draft bill can be found here.
The element of the Green’s Bill which is of most concern though, and is ...
The phrase ‘Starmer’s Britain’ was first articulated three years before he got power. At 6:28 p.m. on 9 May 2021, a figure named ‘scrambled egg localist [rose emoji] [Union Jack emoji] [stars emoji]’ tweeted: ‘In Starmer’s Britain there will be no rich people or trains, leopard print will be abolished, and every woman will be pregnant and barefoot’. ...
In Iranian mythology, Arash the Archer represents the highest form of sacrifice for one’s homeland. His story is not merely the story of an archer, but of a man who gave his life to preserve the independence and territorial integrity of Iran.
After years of war between Iran and Turan, Afrasiab of Turan invaded Iran and besieged Manuchehr of the ...
We should have seen this coming. It was patent from the start that last year’s ‘one in, one out’ agreement with France was a toothless pact designed for show, that left all the immigration cards in France’s hands and most of the more undesirable would-be migrants in ours. We could also have foreseen that a sniping lawfare campaign against even this ...
England are through to the semi-finals of the World Cup – thanks to two brilliant goals from Jude Bellingham. The midfielder came to England’s rescue, first with an equaliser just before half-time, and then the crucial winner in the first period of extra time. Twelve of the 13 England goals in this tournament have come from Bellingham and Kane, ...
No one can say they weren’t warned. For years, bookmakers, punters and the horse racing industry have tried to explain, with increasing desperation, why affordability checks are dangerous and unworkable. At every turn, the Gambling Commission has covered its ears. This week it confirmed it will push ahead with intrusive financial checks on people ...
The civil war between the Coalition and One Nation began in earnest last week, so let’s talk about it.
To begin, picking a fight with One Nation has its benefits for the Coalition, chiefly, it distracts them from fighting each other over policy direction. After the Liberals and Nationals split twice under Sussan Ley regarding Net Zero, Angus Taylor and ...
Boris Johnson is one, under the merry Tory veneer. Bill and Hillary Clinton were pioneers. Barack Obama is one – he seemed not to be at first – then he seemed happier cutting Netflix deals than trying to inspire a tricky nation. Peter Mandelson is very much one – his comment about being intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich is gliberal ...
In May this year, two Indian climbers died on Mount Everest’s southern slopes in Nepal. Arun Kumar Tiwari reached the summit but developed acute mountain sickness (AMS) on the descent and died at about 8,790 metres. His teammate, Sandeep Are, also collapsed but was dragged down to Camp II by five Sherpas only to succumb to altitude sickness there.
Both ...
A tiny island in the Orkneys. A renegade group of Catholic monks who have rejected every Pope since the 1960s. The planned illicit consecration of a bishop. The clandestine departure of three monks. And a mysterious death beneath the waves of the North Sea.
They seem determined to step into a schismatic chasm from which it will be very difficult to ...
At the Rabbi Jonathan Sacks memorial lecture at the LSE this week, David Miliband ‘broke his silence’ after days of intense speculation that he will soon be announced as Andy Burnham’s Foreign Secretary.
Unfortunately, I think Miliband as foreign secretary would represent at best stale continuity and at worst a disaster
We shall have to wait and see ...
In an academic world where scholars regret seeing their cherished theories vanish into the knacker’s yard, Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is unusual in wishing people would retire one of his best-known coinages.
He may have his work cut out in trying to push back against the popularity of the term he coined in a culture now awash in woozy autistic ...
In keeping with what we has occurred in many other states in Australia, the Greens in Tasmania are seeking to introduce an ‘anti-conversion’ bill and it should be of serious concern to everyone and especially to people of Christian faith. A copy of the draft bill can be found here.
The element of the Green’s Bill which is of most concern though, and is ...
The phrase ‘Starmer’s Britain’ was first articulated three years before he got power. At 6:28 p.m. on 9 May 2021, a figure named ‘scrambled egg localist [rose emoji] [Union Jack emoji] [stars emoji]’ tweeted: ‘In Starmer’s Britain there will be no rich people or trains, leopard print will be abolished, and every woman will be pregnant and barefoot’. ...
