Clive Irving
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The Royals Will Do Anything to Keep Their Secrets Buried
An Index on Censorship report reveals how hard it is to obtain information about the royal family, making a mockery of claims the institution is determined to be more transparent. → Read More
Will King Charles Really Keep His Mouth Shut During Britain’s Economic Crisis?
In previous times of hardship, the queen was an emollient head of state, and an embodiment of wartime “keep calm and carry on” national spirit. Charles has none of that appeal. → Read More
Flying to Europe This Summer Could Be Hell. Here’s How to Make It Better
The airlines won’t tell you, but now, more than ever, the most important decision you take for your well-being is not the choice of seat but the choice of airplane. → Read More
The Stakes for Boeing’s Second Starliner Space Mission Are Astronomical
The company desperately needs a win when it tries again on Thursday to send Starliner to the International Space Station. Here’s how it came to this. → Read More
How an Unearthed Black Box Could Crack the Boeing 737 Plane Crash Mystery
Chinese authorities could be close to working out why a Boeing 737-800 crashed, killing all 132 people on board. → Read More
Why Prince Charles Is Keeping His Buckingham Palace Plans Secret
The queen plans to live the rest of her life at Windsor Castle. In the reign of King Charles III, even if he and Camilla live at Buckingham Palace, expect to see it transformed. → Read More
Boris Johnson Hung Out to Dry by the Very People Who Taught Him How to Drink on the Job
Boris Johnson spent decades perfecting the art of the boozy work lunch while he was a journalist. Now his former colleagues at the newspapers have turned on him. → Read More
Why Did the Queen Take So Long to Call Time on Prince Andrew?
Why did the Queen put up with Andrew’s sleaze for so long? After all, his record as a priapic grifter has been clear for more than two decades. → Read More
Air Taxis Will Turn All of America Into Flyover Country
The rich aren’t waiting for crap infrastructure to get fixed—they’re busy building their own in the skies. → Read More
How Elon Musk Walloped Jeff Bezos in the Billionaire Space Race
Money gets you into space, but it can’t buy success up there. → Read More
With Lilibet and Archie, Harry and Meghan Aim to Break the Cycle of Painful Royal Parenting
British royal dynasties have been messing up child rearing for more than a thousand years. Harry and Meghan are determined to do things differently with Archie and Lilibet. → Read More
Branson Grows Old While Bezos Takes Over Space Travel
But both Bezos and Branson run the risk of being upstaged at the end of this year by a 38-year-old billionaire who made his fortune with a payment processing system. → Read More
Even as a Corpse, Prince Philip Has to Take Second Place to the Queen
Until the queen dies, Philip will be interred among 24 other corpses in the Royal Vault, a gloomy and cavernous burial chamber beneath St. George’s Chapel within Windsor Castle. → Read More
Lachlan Murdoch Is Even More of a Right-Wing Ultra Than His Old Man
The future of Fox News looks a lot like its malignant past. → Read More
Airlines Want to Pack You in—Just as COVID-19 Spikes
As new cases surge in Sun Belt states, so do airline flights as bargain seat prices fuel a summer boom. → Read More
In This Time of Coronavirus ‘War,’ I Really Miss Winston Churchill
What does it take to face the Apocalypse? We are now learning something important about what we need and who has to provide it. But are we up to it? → Read More
The Airlines Are Saved. So When Should You Start Booking Flights Again?
Industry analysts say that 90 percent of North American flight will be back by Christmas, as the new rescue package puts the workers first. → Read More
Don’t Give the Airlines the Money Without Stopping Their Greed
Before the billions start flowing to the airlines, as they will, we need to make sure that two things happen. → Read More
Coronavirus Is the Biggest Catastrophe for the Airlines Since 9/11
As airlines announce wave upon wave of cancellations, many wonder just how long they can survive. → Read More
Inside the Living Hell of London in the Plague Year
Daniel Defoe’s remarkable “eye-witness” chronicle is as harrowing and meaningful today as it was when it was written. → Read More