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Pope’s same-sex blessing could be a curse for priests

DOES our ageing and visibly ailing Pope realise what he has inflicted on the Roman Catholic Church by announcing his decision to permit the blessing by priests of same-sex marriages? Quite apart from its potential to trigger an exodus of Catholics to other denominations or to enclaves such as the Society of St Pius X, and […]

Democracy in Decay: Spoilt, self-obsessed Stella

SOMETIMES it’s hard to believe that Stella Creasy MP is not a caricature. A kind of Labour version of the late Rik Mayall’s Alan B’Stard or Viz comic’s perma-whining uber feminist Millie Tant. Previously infamous for demanding that she be allowed to bring her baby into the House of Commons, she recently tweeted (moaned) that the ‘Motherhood Penalty’ […]

Car-crash Cathy’s greatest hits – The Conservative Woman

Continuing our series of articles by the much-loved TCW writer Nick Booth, who died in September. It was first published on January 18, 2018. You can read Kathy’s introduction here. CATHY Newman, the car-crash interview correspondent for Channel 4 News, gave one of her most brilliant performances this week. Newman, skilfully deploying her catchphrase ‘So […]

Christmas with the Melody Makers: Sleigh Ride

This series of Christmas songs by Jewish writers was first published in December 2021. MOST of the songs featured in this series were written by lyricists and composers working together. (I find this an incomprehensible process – does the tune come first, or the words, or both at the same time? – but it happens.) […]

It’s the end of the line for Ukraine

RUSSIA is advancing on nearly all fronts in Ukraine, and the West’s armament deliveries have fallen 87 per cent in 2023 compared with 2022. There has been a 30 per cent fall in the supply of artillery shells of as the US diverted supplies to Israel. In Congress, Biden’s Democrats cannot get a $61billion package […]

That Reminds Me: A woman suspended in thin air

MY late father, who as I described here was once lowered down a long-drop lavatory to rescue a cat, was also a talented amateur conjuror. Specialising in card tricks, he was an enthusiastic member of the Magic Circle.  As a treat for my 12th birthday in June 1967, Dad took me and a school friend named Richard […]

TCW’s Top Twenty: Sturgeon – the Diary of a Nobody

As we approach the end of the year, we are repeating our twenty most-read articles of 2023, in reverse order. This is number 12 and it was first published on June 15. ‘AN empty taxi drew up and Clement Attlee got out.’ Churchill’s jibe about his supposedly anonymous adversary was witty but unfair. Attlee might […]