1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (230+ words) Long ago, in a different world, I edited a magazine called'InStyle Weddings, which showcased the nuptial celebrations of the rich and famous. Melania Knauss Trump graced the cover of our spring 2005 issue, in her wedding gown, next to the headline…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (318+ words) Junior doctors have voted to extend their strikes " by a whisker. Turnout for yesterday's vote collapsed to less than 53 per cent " a whisker above the threshold needed to make it legal. Framed as a pay dispute, the strikes are the…...

13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (423+ words) There was considerable pressure on Sir Keir Starmer this morning to indicate what action might be taken against his former US ambassador, Lord Mandelson. In addition to his ill-advised friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, Mandelson has been accused of leaking confidential…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (489+ words) There was a ghost in the room: the Paedo's Pal, Captain Underpants himself, the Lord Mandelson! With his ministry increasingly resembling a fire at "Dunblobbin', Mr Blobby's abandoned horror house, it's no surprise that Sir Keir chooses to spend most…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (291+ words) Thinking precedes " and stands outside " speech or literacy Long before these behavioural economists at Exeter stumbled upon the truth that altering language produces "absolutely no effects" (to quote Loukas Balafoutas, lead author of the study), linguists such as Noam Chomsky…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (492+ words) I was in Scottsdale, Arizona and, to put it mildly, a little squiffy. Most folk go there to play golf (yawn) but I'd gone there to drink and, after a lengthy tequila masterclass in La Hacienda and several cocktails at…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (99+ words) At last, the BBC has been forced to admit what even the dogs on the street know to be true: that the corporation is guilty of "shoehorning" diversity into its television drama output, in series such as Shetland and This…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (201+ words) It was not a symbolic flourish. The designation means the EU can now freeze assets, assign criminal liability and enforce travel bans. It signals, at least on paper, that Europe has accepted a basic reality: the IRGC is not a…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (299+ words) At this year's World Economic Forum America's friends and enemies heard about what some are calling a new world order.In Davos, President Trump advanced his own version of Realpolitik.America has its particular interests and he doesn't mind being…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (265+ words) Daudov won Ramzan's favor by literally bringing him the head of rebel Suleyman Elmurzayev, who had claimed responsibility for the murder of his father This is his trump card, as Moscow has convinced itself that he is the only man…...