Gavin Esler

The publicity could work in favour of Trump to emerge as the Republican candidate for 2024

Governments sometimes fail to understand that culture is at the core of their 'soft power'

This week, the former prime minister is facing a battle for his future in parliament

Suspending the former footballer jars with the fact its chairman has donated money to the governing party

Facing the parliamentary Privileges Committee this month doesn't bode well for the former British prime minister

Bad weather in Spain and Morocco was blamed. Yet there are plenty of tomatoes in Spanish supermarkets, across the EU – even on the frontlines in Ukraine

Scottish nationalists and their opponents are left to wonder if another talented leader can emerge

The Ditchley Park summit is welcome but it comes at least 6 or 7 years too late

For those of us in northern Europe, the flowers aren't appearing just yet but the latest movies are in full bloom

Britain looks as if it is led by a small group of the privileged and well-connected, unlike most of Britain's population

In recent weeks there have been a series of political car crashes for Sunak and the Conservative party

Public culture has moved at a rapid pace since the 1990s and the lies of Bill Clinton

The inadequacies of the system are obvious and shameful in a country as rich as the UK

Two long-time British columnists go head-to-head in one of the country's most fraught debates

With great humility, I present my 2023 forecasts. Remember the ones I get right and forget the ones I don't