3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (161+ words) “I don’t agree with the Chief Rabbi.” — BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) September 9, 2026 Red Ed Miliband graced the airwaves this morning to inform the Chief Rabbi that he is wrong about the impact of UK sanctions on Israeli settlements. Sir Ephraim Mirvis…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (377+ words) There are few phrases in international affairs repeated with greater confidence or subjected to less scrutiny than ‘illegal Israeli settlements’. It appears in UN resolutions, government statements, NGO reports and news bulletins as though it were an established fact. Add…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1621+ words) I write these words with pride in my family, sorrow at what is happening in our country and an urgent sense of responsibility. On December 6, 1938, my great-uncle, William Cooper, led a small Aboriginal delegation through the streets of Melbourne to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (228+ words) In a long article, the rag has pronounced that after a ‘Middle East Eye analysis’, following Arday’s death, several of his improbable claims – including one walked back by Arday himself – have been ‘found to be true’. MEE’s evidence? That Arday…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (448+ words) Of all the inane – not to say stupid – comments by Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, his remark about US and Israeli action against Iran must be at the top. ‘This is not our war,’ he said. ‘We will not…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (669+ words) What should the British government do about the Muslim Brotherhood? This question has confounded policy-makers for decades and was brought to the fore last month when the United States sanctioned, for the first time, a London-based Muslim Brotherhood leader. Announcing…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (541+ words) When The Spectator asked me whether I would write an essay on ‘Why we need to strengthen the West’, I was delighted – and bemused. Why is this even up for debate? That we must explain and justify ‘the West’ at…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (887+ words) Finally – an authoritative, stimulating history of the modern Middle East The Spectator Australia Finally – an authoritative, stimulating history of the modern Middle East Ranging from Sudan to Azerbaijan, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s balanced account provides us with the necessary background to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (779+ words) The Spectator Australia The sanctimonious campaign against Boy George In the musical Allegra, which has just finished its run, I ran around singing, dancing and jumping on tables for a couple of hours. I have a lot of elderly friends…...