In a 1950 essay, the critic AA Phillips wrote of a “cultural cringe” in which insecure Australians looked to Britain for instruction. Today, some Australians are championing far-right British actors and importing their visions of doom to Australia. In June, the former Australian Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott spoke at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship…
The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is not personally responsible for the mess that the government finds itself in with regard to the release from prison of Shabir Ahmed, who was a ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang, earlier this month. Ahmed, who has spent most of his life in the UK, was stripped of British…
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out on Monday the legal steps she will take to deport the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang. Shabir Ahmed, jailed for 22 years in 2012 for multiple counts of child sexual offences including rape, was released from prison on licence earlier this month. Calls have mounted across…
The home secretary will change the law so the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang can be deported, the BBC has been told. As first reported by the Telegraph, Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out on Monday how she plans to amend the 1971 Immigration Act which currently stops Shabir Ahmed being removed…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Good news for American soccer fans. Folarin Balogun, one of the breakout stars of this year’s World Cup team, is still a US citizen courtesy of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday…
A Supreme Court that has in recent days shown that it is sharply divided along ideological lines is poised to wrap up its work this week and to announce some of the biggest decisions of the term. The justices pride themselves on reaching unanimous results, often publicizing their ability to find common ground in a…
Renato Rosaldo, an anthropologist who helped dismantle the conventions of his discipline, notably through accounts of the accidental death of his first wife during their fieldwork in the Philippines, a shattering episode that Dr. Rosaldo revisited in scholarly papers, autobiography and even poetry, died on May 26 at his home in Manhattan. He was 85….
Published on 15/06/2026 – 14:18 GMT+2 Oscar winner Robert De Niro attended a “Rise Up” event last night as part of some counterprogramming to Donald Trump’s 80th birthday cage fight celebrations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The New York event, which celebrated the First Amendment, saw the 82-year-old screen legend speak out against Trump. “I’m pretty close to…
The Tennessee General Assembly wrapped up its annual session this week, with the Republican supermajority signing off on a slate of bills codifying some of the party’s priorities on education and other issues. Lawmakers expanded the number of school vouchers. They established new state power over the Memphis-area school district, and they put in place…
