Rihanna's not the only girl in the world
Rihanna: Cancelled her concert in Nice. I'm genuinely pleased Rihanna is safe and well after docking in the city where 84 people or more...
LA's housing crisis a lesson for us all
Hopelessness: Rows of tents can be seen on many Los Angeles streets. Los Angeles is full. The famous Hollywood sign ought to be joined by...
Dr Death: a forgotten trauma
The flashback hit nearly three weeks after Joshua Stephany (pictured) and his staff carried dozens of bodies in bags out of the Pulse...
Land of make believe?
Across Britain, from dilapidated Welsh coal-mining towns to English beach resorts frozen in time, people say they voted to leave the...
Heroine of the Holocaust
I'm not a great fan of chain emails and Facebook posts generally, but one today about Irena Sendler stopped me in my tracks. Not heard of...
Deadliest US crime: driving while black
Crowd of mourners outside the school where Philander Castile worked. PHOTO: GETTY The shocking shooting of...
Rio cops get retaliation in first
Police in Rio de Janeiro state, which hosts the Olympics in August, killed at least 645 people last year and 8,000 over the last decade,...
Would this have happened if he was white?
The backlash was appalling, you could argue disproportionate. But the gunning down of police officers in Dallas was clearly not...
Blair's toxic legacy is undeniable
A grinning Tony Blair takes a selfie in front of a country in ruins: it's only a mock-up, of course. But you get the picture. Despite his...
Aussie state bans 'cruel' greyhound racing
New South Wales will become the first Australian state to ban greyhound racing from next July, the premier Mike Baird said, after an...
