13+ hour, 20+ min ago  (218+ words) When Nero committed suicide in ad 68, he left Rome deep in debt after military campaigns, building himself a fabulous "Golden House, and the great fire of Rome (AD 64). His successor Vespasian, who fought his way to power in late ad…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (741+ words) The Spectator Australia It's time to let go of Tiger Woods It's not the newest joke in the world, but worth a quick rerun right now after the latest in a stream of near-fatal road accidents. What's the difference between…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (249+ words) Classic rock used to be an American radio genre made up of bluesy guitar bands from the past. It spawned Fathers" Day compilation albums, a magazine and endless lists where "Stairway to Heaven", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Free Bird" argued among…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (460+ words) Hilton has leant into the West Coast aesthetic and spirit. Once the rebel of Downing Street in T-shirts and stockinged feet, today he sports a tech-bro beard, more bracelets and beads on his wrists than Prince Harry, and has the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (58+ words) There's not much going on today, so here's what we learned this week: Donald Trump has to win the war quickly or bring down the world economy." The war won't save Keir Starmer. Nigel Farage is getting serious. Downing Street…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (520+ words) By no means all jurisdictions which passed "right to die" laws have progressed down the infamous slippery slope to perdition, but enough have You can trace the change in sentiment to the moment last year when the former first minister,…...

2+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (540+ words) I'm very angry about this war," said Gavin Newsom, the California Governor, on stage yesterday. Newsom has a memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, to plug, and a serious bid for the presidency in the offing. Like many other ambitious…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1053+ words) For someone who believes that "no one is illegal on stolen land," it's a surprise that Billie Eilish's legal team appears to have blocked my entry to the US. My plan was to test her theory of land ownership, which…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (673+ words) What a pair Ed Miliband and California governor Gavin Newsom make. Both seem to suffer from the delusion that they" Ed Miliband's delusional energy deal with California What a pair Ed Miliband and California governor Gavin Newsom make. Both seem…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (362+ words) Since the great Catherine O'Hara's premature passing, I have been compulsively watching clips of her playing the faded actress Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek, one of my favourite comedy series. My algorithm keeps surfacing a clip of Moira's daughter asking…...