Who is Jeremy? What is he, that all our swains commend him? Holy, fair and wise is he; The heaven such grace did lend him,…

The photograph of the body of the Syrian boy washed up on a beach brought home more than anything seen before the tragedy of the…

The best way to avoid a hangover is to refrain from drinking alcohol, a Dutch study has found. (This sentence is true. As for what…

Someone hand me my crystal ball. And be quick about it. I need the damn thing to advise me whether the long-running bull market in…

Last night I sat (and admittedly partly slept) through a sci-fi film on television called Interstellar, after which I went to bed utterly bemused. It…

The ‘special relationship’ between the United States and Britain was said to be “close to breaking point” after President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Jeremy…

Yesterday, I went to Salop. England’s forgotten county. I’m showing off. The name Salop no longer exists. It’s the former name of the English county…

Did you, a few nights ago, catch the televised beauty contest – I can’t call it a debate – of the Republican Party candidates? And…

(with apologies to the readers for being a day behind – so sorry, M) Some days are as perfect as any day can be. Yesterday…

Europe’s migrant crisis is a humanitarian crisis to which no humanitarian resolution seems possible. I hear mutters of demurral from my liberal friends. No problem…