As Britain’s political class pretends that its arranged marriage of Tweedledee to Tweedledum is democracy, the inspiration for the rest of us…

Staring at the vast military history section in the airport shop, I had a choice: the derring-do of psychopaths or scholarly tomes…

As Tiger Woods returns to golf, not all his affairs are salacious headlines. In Dubai, the Tiger Woods Golf Course in Dubai…

Here is news of the Third World War. The United States has invaded Africa. US troops have entered Somalia, extending their war…

Adelaide is Australia’s festival city. Its arts festival is currently in swing. Polite debate, aesthetics and high-octane wine are putting the world…

I phoned Rami Elhanan the other day. We had not spoken for six years and much has happened in Israel and Palestine.…

Why are so many films so bad? This year’s Oscar nominations are a parade of propaganda, stereotypes and downright dishonesty. The dominant…

The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured "formal approval" from the United Nations…

The farce of the climate change summit in Copenhagen affirmed a world war waged by the rich against most of humanity. It…

In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that "passed into history and became…