Icon of the Seas is billed as the world's largest cruise ship. Credit: Getty

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Modern cruises have stripped travel of its adventure Virus outbreaks are turning these floating cities into giant petri dishes

Richard Crampton-Platt

‘We shall never surrender.’ Credit: Getty

Unite the Kingdom marks dawn of Right-wing Omnicause

Saturday, May 16

Trump’s Poland troop withdrawal will benefit Europe Leaders on the continent are finally realizing America is not their friend

Confessions of a Starmtrooper The PM’s successor will surely be worse

Samuel Rubinstein

‘There are many instances of concerns around racial disparities leading to unintended but tragic outcomes.’ Credit: Getty

Antiracism is poisoning British policing

BBC is full of ‘progressive madness’, says former news chief Fran Unsworth claimed the corporation pressured journalists to accept trans narratives

Friday, May 15

Iran war is eroding American power in Asia Beijing is exploiting the global economic disruption caused by the conflict

Nigel Farage is accumulating a large war chest for then next general election. Credit: Getty

Is Reform UK now the party of billionaires?

Giggle v. Tickle ruling will galvanize Australia’s sex-realists Politicians’ willful blindness has created a legal muddle around gender

Josephine Bartosch

Best position? Left back in the changing room. Credit: Getty

British politics is turning into the Premier League

Jonathan Wilson

Thursday, May 14

Trump is falling into Xi’s trap on China visit Stability at the expense of Taiwan’s security is meaningless

Luke de Pulford

Birmingham City University to close Black Studies course Only eight students enrolled this year

Banning Unite the Kingdom speakers harms free speech Labour is barring allies of Tommy Robinson on dubious grounds

Jacob Mchangama

Greggs: the true ambassador of British enterprise A working-class bakery now stands as an unlikely emblem of UK commerce overseas

Can he save Labour from itself? Credit: Getty

Why the Labour Left fears Wes Streeting

Wednesday, May 13

Do California Democrats have a CCP problem? Arcadia’s mayor has been exposed as an agent of Beijing

Zohran Mamdani’s NYC budget doesn’t add up The Mayor is kicking the financial can down the road

SARMs are often used to increase athletic performance and muscle-building in the gym. Credit: Getty

SARMs are the dark edge of youth fitness culture

Starmer’s downfall mirrors Johnson’s Two-party politics is falling apart at the seams

Jess Phillips fell short as a champion for women Her resignation from Government leaves key Labour pledges unfulfilled

Tuesday, May 12

'I'm whatever LA needs me to be.' Credit: Getty

Is Spencer Pratt the hero LA needs?

The ‘beta mum’ trend is a new kind of virtue signaling A laissez-faire approach to parenting has turned into a humblebrag

Valerie Stivers

Reviving Biden’s foreign policy will doom the Democrats The Iran war has provided the Left with an open goal

Labour MPs don’t have a plan after Starmer His successor is at the mercy of the party — and the bond market

Wolfgang Munchau

Monday, May 11

Page is rumoured, but not confirmed, to be playing Achilles in Nolan’s film. Credit: Getty

Elliot Page as Achilles is not as far-fetched as it seems

Spencer A. Klavan

Is Australia heading for a Reform-style insurgency? One Nation’s by-election success has drawn comparisons to Nigel Farage’s party

Starmer’s limp speech has sealed his fate The gap between lofty promise and actual delivery will never be reconciled

Putin has no intention of ending the Ukraine war The Russian President hopes that America will be distracted by the Middle East

Bethany Elliott

Sunday, May 10

Another bad day at the office. Credit: Getty

UniCredit Russia withdrawal weakens Germany’s hand

Don’t blame Covid for violent young women Teenage girls are buying into dangerous online subcultures

Kristina Murkett

Brown and Starmer are trapped in a cargo cult of New Labour Handing out government roles is no substitute for leadership

Labour collapse risks accelerating Birmingham’s decline Local election results have left the city council deeply fragmented