Jonathan Spyer argues that Israel, prior to October 7th, was guilty of concentrating on the empirical and ignoring the ideology of Hamas – the power of political Islam: To understand the dynamics and likely direction of events, one must study ideas, and the societies that adhere to those ideas, and not only military systems.  This…

"It's very sad", said Harry Potter director Chris Columbus the other day. He was talking about JK Rowling. “It’s unfortunate, what’s happened. I certainly don’t agree with what she’s talking about. But it’s just sad, it’s very sad.” Sad about what, he doesn't say – but we can guess. Today he's interviewed in the Sunday…

Guilty, privileged elites concocted a civil rights movement that gave the children of those elites a sacred status and a bogus grievance. It's one of the stupidest things humanity has ever done to itself. pic.twitter.com/ZZ55bubzMt — Graham Linehan 🎗️ (@Glinner) August 31, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Believe me we can always tell #Bornmalealwaysaman pic.twitter.com/duXIMC8NdS — cavakaggyreborn (@cavakaggyreborn) August 30, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Like Ricky Gervais in The Office.

A tale of our times from the Telegraph: A disabled child was banned from summer camp after his mother expressed gender-critical views, The Telegraph can reveal. The eight-year-old was preparing for his first residential trip in July organised by Over the Wall (OTW) – a Derby-based charity that runs getaways for disabled children and their…

And, to complete today's Beeb focus, here's Helen Joyce – Why the BBC deserves to be defunded:  Lots of people put in complaints about the [Brighton] samurai killer, and they all got the same stock response last week. The Beeb says that its style guide requires journalists to refer to people as they wish to…

BBC News' Drag queen section has posted more stories in August than BBC News' Women section pic.twitter.com/4P4v9bIjcC — ripx4nutmeg (@ripx4nutmeg) August 30, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Michael Deacon in the Telegraph – BBC Verify can’t be trusted to tell the true facts – and this trans row proves it: “As soon as the name Robin Westman emerged online as the suspect,” wrote a BBC Verify staffer, “[we] found a YouTube channel which appeared to be associated with her.” In a notebook,…

Open letter to the BBC from Seen in Journalism: We call on the BBC to embrace accuracy in its coverage of ‘transgender’ issues and adopt an editorial policy of accurately describing sex.  The BBC has a unique responsibility to deliver accurate, impartial, and transparent reporting to its diverse audience. The current default, of using preferred…

Israel has been banned from UK’s flagship defence show. Stephen Pollard in the Telegraph: What more is it going to take to bury the notion that the UK remains an ally of Israel? It’s been revealed today that the Government has banned Israeli officials from attending DSEI, the international defence conference and exhibition which is…