Lady Justice Thirlwall's report on the Lucy Letby case remains the most astounding event of the week. Our ruling class's blindness to things it does not wish to know is almost beyond belief.

Should we not laugh at people who no doubt growl that we should 'ban the burqa' - while themselves wearing a garment which is ...

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Why am I urging you to go and see a film in French that lasts three hours? Simply because it is the best film to arrive in British cinemas for ages.

I don't believe the ancient right to silence under interrogation and the rule against being tried twice for the same offence could have been abolished without the mass panic that followed ...

CLICK HERE to listen to Alas Vine & Hitchens: Britain's most combative columnists go toe-to-toe in our unmissable new podcast The King's state visit to the US in April should be cancelled after Donald ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matthew Perry, who has died suddenly aged 54, was known around the world as Chandler Bing, the saracastic king of the one-liner on ...

CLICK HERE to listen to Alas Vine & Hitchens: Britain's most combative columnists go toe-to-toe in our unmissable new podcast Marking what would have been Margaret Thatcher's 100th birthday week, ...

The Americans don't care about Britain and we need to realise there is 'no special relationship' before it starts to affect the Falklands: PETER HITCHENS ...

I've just finished writing a book called 'The Madness of Cars'. Our society has become totally dependent on mass car ownership, and people often ask me how they could possibly manage without one.