March 2022
-
OPINION: Britain fails to honour Sir Nicky’s legacy
As Putin’s demonic onslaught continues, the spotlight is on the world’s response to the greatest refugee crisis since 1945. Ukraine’s neighbours have endorsed an open-door humanitarian policy, with more than 1.2 million people fleeing to Poland, 200,000 to Hungary, 120,000 to Slovakia and Moldova, 80,000 to Romania and 160,000 to other EU states, including 2,500… Continue reading
-
OPINION: The Y-word is over, bar the shouting
Tottenham Hotspur, a global sporting brand with annual turnover approaching half-a-billion pounds, has finally had enough of its reputation being trashed by its own supporters. The statement that appeared without fuss or fanfare on the football club’s website yesterday, two years after a fans’ survey on the issue, was a full-body tackle on thousands upon… Continue reading
-
OPINION: Nutters aren’t the only ones who nut
In a recent column for The Times on anti-vaxxers wearing yellow stars to claim they suffer like Jews under the Nazis, Hugo Rifkind took an entirely logical “meh” approach to the entirely illogical world of conspiracy theories, wearily conceding: “Nutters gonna nut.” Fair enough. Let tin foil hatters say fish ride bikes and Neil Armstrong took one giant leap… Continue reading
-
OPINION: Shameless lockdown defiance caused deep and lasting damage
Two wedding photographs that capture the joy and emotion of a special day. In the first a young bride and her mother share a private moment as mum dabs a tear. In the second, mum proudly escorts her daughter towards the marriage canopy between crowds of women to the left and men to the right.… Continue reading
About Me
Newspaper editor and publisher with 30-years’ experience at national and local titles in the UK and USA including the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and Jewish Advocate. Editor of Jewish News (Free Weekly Newspaper of the Year 2021/22) since 2009. Columnist for The Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Independent and others.