Chopin Year Ahoy
No music lover can have escaped the information that this is CHOPIN YEAR: the great man's bicentenary. (Along with Schumann's, of course, and there's a big deal about Mahler too, but they
ANALYSIS: Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for Delta airlines attack
I've recently obtained a statement from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claiming responsibility for the abortive terrorist attack on Delta airlines last week. I'm replicating the statement below for readers of
About Time, Too
Today The Times took a leaf out of our 'Bog off, Bruckner' post and got arts personalities to indulge their Christmas grumpiness by picking out classics they secretly hate.
Al Qaeda Rally Support for Pakistani Taliban
The Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), al-Qaeda's media production wing, has released a document explaining the importance of a Taliban victory against the Pakistani army. Written by one of AQ's chief ideologues,
A Christian Solution for a Jewish School
I have written a news report for the Jewish Chronicle on Wednesday's ruling by the Supreme Court in the JFS case. I have also written an analysis of the nine judgments.
Any Answers…
Interesting exercise, my call for questions. Just two arrived, plus one message suggesting I shouldn't bother answering the first of them. Oh well, you are naturally free to send in questions whenever
A Decade to Remember
The reviews of the decade are already beginning - just when I thought we wouldn't have to do that until next year.
Another Huge Blow to Bunglawala’s Credibility
In a Parliamentary committee room last week, I witnessed the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Mohammed Abdul Bari, present evidence at a Communities and Local Government (CLG) hearing
Bunglawala obsesses about Zionists while MPAC brands them ‘scum of the earth’
The Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC) is a virulently anti-Semitic organisation. Almost since its inception, the group has obsessed about Jews and Israel, pumping out a near endless stream of articles on
Dacre ‘unconstructive’, says Eady
The leading libel judge Sir David Eady has said that personal attacks on him by the Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre are unconstructive and do nothing to further the debate on privacy.