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Amsterdam???s growing gun problem
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (382+ words) A small and increasingly troublesome group appears to be becoming more heavily armed – and younger Tarantino’s Vincent Vega, back in those good old 1990s, was talking about drugs. Today Dutch police have something rather more troublesome on their minds: guns. And,…...
I love Cape Town??? but it???s not Africa
3+ week, 3+ day ago (356+ words) There can be few foreign cities where the Spectator, Times and Telegraph are more widely read than Cape Town. In a queue where I waited before coming home this week, readers volunteered to me – a columnist whom they recognised – their…...
The joy of Toto???s???Africa???
3+ week, 3+ day ago (600+ words) The joy of Toto’s ‘Africa’ The Spectator Australia The joy of Toto’s ‘Africa’ Ameris Bank Amphitheater, Atlanta The Tabernacle, Atlanta, and touring to Glasgow, London and Manchester, from 11 to 13 September There comes a point in most bands’ lives at which…...
The fiftieth time
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (682+ words) In April last year a journalist asked the Prime Minister a plain question. Would he rule out any change to negative gearing and the capital gains discount if he were re-elected? Yes, he said. How hard is it. For the…...
Road rage in the Foreign Office
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (289+ words) The Spectator Australia Road rage in the Foreign Office With Sir Keir Starmer straggling on as PMINO – Prime Minister in Name Only – ministers have truly gone feral. A vacuum of leadership at the very top of government appears to have…...
South Africa’s migration warning to the West
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (230+ words) South Africa might be the biggest mass migration story you have never heard of South Africa has seen this before. A protest movement appears, gathers momentum online, threatens to spiral, and then usually dissipates. Yet this country is far too…...
‘Save Chagos’ push launched in Lords
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (325+ words) The Spectator Australia ‘Save Chagos’ push launched in Lords It is just over four weeks since the government was forced to pause its attempted handover of the Chagos Islands, following an almighty backlash on both sides of the Atlantic. Since…...
The joyful mayhem of meteorite hunting in Africa
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (840+ words) The Spectator Australia The joyful mayhem of meteorite hunting in Africa Eastleigh, the Somali quarter in Nairobi, was a scene from Blade Runner but in African Islamic dress. Muezzin calls to prayer bounced off canyons of rickety concrete towers. My…...
Why didn’t the green lobby stand up for the Chagos islands?
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (329+ words) The credit for defeating Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos surrender bill goes to its political opponents who waged a relentless and diligent campaign. They got almost zero help from a group that should have been even more against the bill than…...
South Africa is a breath of fresh air compared to Britain
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (341+ words) You only realise how depressing it has become to live in Keir Starmer’s Britain when you land in Cape Town towards the end of an interminable northern winter. Your mood immediately lifts – and it’s not only because of the warm…...