A Uighur prisoner has sent a message from inside a detention camp to claim Chinese authorities are instructing children as young as 13 to ‘regret and surrender’. Merdan Ghappar, who was once a model for online retailer Taobao, provided a chilling first-hand account of China’s highly secure and secretive detention system. The 31-year-old was able … Read more
Yet again, the future of Cecil Rhodes hangs in the balance. Intimidated by a delirious mob, the governing body of Oriel – his and my Oxford college – voted to remove the statuette of the 19th-century diamond magnate from its niche high above the city’s high street. Yesterday, the inevitable backlash began, as a former … Read more
On Saturday afternoon in the Daniel Galvin salon in central London, a lovely young woman called Saskia is doing my hair colour. She has never done it before, so I ask her to cover up the grey at my temples, which might look good on George Clooney but is a bit barn owl on me. … Read more
For cod’s sake: Boris Johnson warns the EU he will NEVER surrender Britain’s fishing waters as Michel Barnier threatens to scupper trade deal PM Boris Johnson last night drew a red line around Britain’s fishing waters EU yesterday made a series of demands in its new ‘negotiating mandate’ EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said without … Read more