Trevor Steven: With Jude Bellingham unleashed, England can beat France December 5, 2022 There were so many good things to take out of England’s World Cup win over Senegal on Sunday, but none more impressive than the starring role played by Jude Bellingham. We are truly blessed to have a 19-year-old who shows such maturity, aggression and leadership. He is setting a new standard and showing what is [...]
Explainer-in-brief: As MPs abandon politics, Sunak must call for unity December 5, 2022 Another week starts, and another swarm of Conservative MPs might announce they’re stepping out of politics. This will be Rishi Sunak’s crux today and for the foreseeable future, as the number of Conservatives saying they will stand down at the next election surpassed ten last week. One of the most notable announcements came from Sajid [...]
Just Stop Oil protests should not justify carte blanche powers to the police December 5, 2022 You would need the patience of a saint, or a dyed-in-the-wool eco-warrior, not to have been even slightly irritated by the recent activities of Just Stop Oil protestors. Whether it’s young people throwing soup over some of the world’s most valuable paintings or twenty-eight-year-old Indigo Rumbelow reduced to yelling at a television interviewer, these are [...]
Othello at the National Theatre is a savage take on race and masculinity December 4, 2022 It seems absurd that the first black man to play Othello at the National Theatre was David Harewood, as recently as 1997. A young Clint Dyer, visiting the National in the 1980s, was horrified by the theatre’s – and every other theatre’s – continuing use of blackface, even defacing a photograph of Laurence Olivier playing [...]
Former Tory minister has whip restored after being cleared of misconduct December 3, 2022 Former minister Conor Burns has had the Tory whip restored after being cleared of “serious misconduct” at the party conference in October. In a statement, the party said that after reviewing all the available evidence it had concluded there was “no basis on which to investigate further” and that the matter was closed. Mr Burns [...]
Exclusive: Zooming in on the billions of pounds in criminal cash flowing through the City December 3, 2022 Going back more than a decade, in the summer of 2012, HSBC was fined $1.9bn for inadequate compliance and anti-money laundering control processes. The banking giant was found guilty of providing money laundering services to drug cartels as well as terrorist groups in the Middle East. Ten years on, money laundering is still a serious problem. Less [...]
Ian Blackford to step down as SNP’s Westminster leader December 1, 2022 Ian Blackford has resigned as the Scottish National Party’s leader in Westminster, after he was effectively ousted by his own MPs. An SNP MP told City A.M. that Blackford “jumped before he was pushed”, after senior MPs told the 61-year-old that his time was up. The coup was led by Stephen Flynn, who is now [...]
Our anxiety of talking about money is hampering our philanthropic efforts December 1, 2022 You don’t make the poor richer by making the rich poorer is a sixth form thought-starter to stimulate debate about the benefits, or otherwise, of inequality. Unarguably though, some of London’s rich are enthusiastically making themselves poorer by giving their wealth to good causes. It’s obvious that the UK has issues that aren’t being solved [...]
Letters: 1 + 1 = too few good at maths December 1, 2022 [Re: Terrible at times tables? Our reliance on fintechs doing our maths dents our income, Nov 28] Maths used to be seen as something for boys; young women boasted of being “bad at maths”. However, arithmetic, the stuff of primary school, is what is needed in every day life. Mathematics can be daunting and abstract [...]
Fabulous Christmas cheese and wine to stun dinner party guests November 30, 2022 How to perfect your Christmas cheese and wine servings this year Flavour is fine, but when selecting items for a cheeseboard, the key is to think about weight, texture, and intensity. A creamy bloom cheese such as a brie or camembert, for instance, is perfectly paired with the effervescent bubbles and acidity of a champagne [...]