Harry and Meghan’s incendiary accusations
Well! On the bright side, Oprah Winfrey got her money’s worth. Also on the bright side, Prince Harry is sixth…
Meghan, Harry and the trouble with Oprah’s ‘truth’
Obviously, I can’t wait for the Meghan and Harry audience with Oprah Winfrey. Alas, it’s going to be broadcast at…
What ‘Britain’s wokest headteacher’ gets wrong
Ah, a story for our times. And I think you know how it’s going to go. There was this junior…
Harry, Meghan and the nature of public service
Well, the ways have parted. That 12-month revision of the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for California…
When will Britain take a stand against Pakistan?
Well, now that we’re all fired up about Britain’s moral role in the world courtesy of Theresa May, who is…
His mother’s son
The echoes of Diana in Prince Harry
Playing nice
On the cult of instant intimacy
Animal magic
J.K. Rowling has written a book for children — and you know what? It’s a charmer. The Ickabod(Hachette, £20) was…
Signs of the times
The etiquette of ending an email
Who cares what Harry and Meghan think about Trump?
Well, who can the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have in mind in their video message to Time 100 –…
President Trump’s big Balkan deal
President Trump has presided over a notable deal between Kosovo and Serbia. It’s interesting in more ways than one. For…
How priests were kept out of hospitals
Mary Wakefield’s piece in today’s magazine – How the Catholic Church betrayed the dying – is right and eloquent in…
Our unseen Queen is more important than ever
Andrew Morton is being a bit previous, isn’t he, in suggesting to the Telegraphthat the Covid crisis means that the…
Dominic Cummings’s lockdown critics will never be happy
Happy now? Thought not. Dominic Cummings has delivered his statement and answered questions but still the critics aren’t appeased. Not…
Neil Ferguson has finally gladdened the nation
When I first heard that Neil Ferguson, the Government’s Covid adviser, had had to resign, I thought the BBC broadcast…
Nothing sacred
Hate legislation is blasphemy law by another name
Ten lessons we’ve learned from the lockdown so far
Yep, the end is in sight, courtesy of other countries organising the practicalities for the return to some sort of…
France’s citizens’ climate convention has come back to bite Macron
Those of us who are sceptical about the worth of citizens’ assemblies have been noting with interest the upshot of…
Lie of the land
We’re not all in this together
Don’t close the churches because of coronavirus
Last night, when the Prime Minister made his address to the nation he declared that places of worship would be…
School closures leave parents with a serious headache
Well, thanks a whole lot, Gavin W. The announcement that schools would close in England from Friday was pretty well…
In praise of President Trump’s positive thinking
An opinion piece in the Washington Post by Helaine Olen suggests that President Trump believes that the coronavirus can be…
Why we should welcome a Sinn Fein government
There are those – most of my acquaintance in Ireland, frankly – who can think of nothing worse than Sinn…
The puzzling thing about Harry and Meghan’s big announcement
Let’s not get carried away. The Queen’s younger grandson may be decamping to North America with his lovely wife and…
Angels and daemons: Children’s books for Christmas
Sometimes I have to admit the reason I read children’s books with pleasure is that I’m essentially puerile —and look,…
