You may remember the whole world going nuts in late May when the Free Palestine keffiyists, over 400 in this performative episode of catch-me-if-you-can posed heroism, staged yet another virtue-signalling flotilla to Gaza – Greta Thunberg mysteriously absent this time – bearing their token "humanitarian aid" of six tins of tuna and a few bags of potato chips. Once again, they were apprehended by the Israelis and treated like the maritime scofflaws they were. The sight of activists handcuffed and kneeling, and being mocked by National Security Minister Ben Gvir caused a global seizure of horror and near-universal condemnation. Turkey, which had been the flotilla's staging point, made quite a show of compassion for the alleged beatings and ...

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In case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked at SteynOnline...

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Rick McGinnis on a battered Bing in We're Not Dressing...

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Guest columnist Tal Bachman on Machiavelli and the art of translation...

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We were sorry to hear of the death yesterday of Ann Widdecombe, former Conservative minister, former Strictly Come Dancing contestant, former Brexit MEP, and latterly Reform UK's immigration spokesperson. Today came the shocking news that Ann was murdered...

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Laura Rosen Cohen rounds up the internet...

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In case you missed Steyn's Clubland Q&A, here's the action replay...

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Mark was back fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members live around the planet...

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The UK censors have struck again...

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An issue near and dear to Mark's heart...

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Steyn has a somewhat disturbed night...

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Distance lends a smidgeonette of enhanced perspective...

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Greetings from Ukraine. I'm in the Kharkiv oblast, which the huge numbers of Russian speakers all around prefer to call the Kharkov oblast. But, whichever your preferred vowel, this oblast is oh, such a blast. Last night, the actual Russians (from Russia, that is) tried to take a town about fifteen kilometres away from where I am...

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Random killing in Ukraine vs random killing in the west...

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Doctor Fraudpants flops out again...

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Part One of Mark's audio adaptation of his demographic blockbuster...

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Twenty years ago this month - January 2006 - The Wall Street Journal and The New Criterion published the first draft of what would become the thesis of my bestselling book, America Alone...

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As readers may recall, in recent years, after announcing a rare bit of activity from yours truly, I have generally observed that I am engaging in such against the advice of my doctors. So it was that I spent over a month in Ukraine, venturing hither and yon and trying to stay one step ahead of the bombs and drones. I was there to research a personal project, but did not manage to complete my work, and was planning to return in late summer. I understand that, in a world where Victoria Nuland and Lindsey Graham lob darts at the map blindfold in order to select the next hapless country to implode, it can be hard for Americans to retain interest in this or that passing quagmire, but I find it helpful to see these places for myself and felt ...

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Mark celebrates one of the most beautiful melodies ever written, and tries to overlook the words...

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Welcome to another brand new post-coma edition of Mark Steyn on the Town. On today's show, Mark plays a range of eminent songwriting teams from Rodgers & Hart to, er, Dicks & Rudge. In between we have a cavalcade of Non-Stop Number Ones and a celebration of a peerless pianist - and Steyn concludes with a brief remembrance of the late Bonnie Tyler...

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Mark tells the tale of a classic American anthem...

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A musical cavalcade for America's 250th birthday...

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Welcome to the conclusion of our eightieth Tale for Our Time: My Kinsman, Major Molineux, an allegory of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Hawthorne...

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In this penultimate episode, young Robin thinks he has finally found his eminent cousin...

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Welcome to the eightieth audio entertainment in our series Tales for Our Time: a special selection for America's semiquincentennial...

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Mark celebrates a Bacharach & David classic...

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Welcome to a post-coma edition of Mark Steyn on the Town. On today's brand new show, Mark plays a diverse range of musical artistes from Johnny Mercer to Cliff Richard, Al Jolson to the Smiths. In between we take a look at Frank Sinatra from the point of view of his longtime opening act, the late Tom Dreesen (see picture above), and we wish a happy hundredth birthday to hit songwriter Phil Springer...

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Steyn marks the official birthdays of both the King and The Lion King - and celebrates Father's Day...

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Welcome to this week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town. On today's show, we start with Eurovisions past and end with the canine Sinatra...

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Welcome to this week's edition, coming to you live-ish from the delightful and historic city of Odessa...

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Welcome to the seventy-ninth audio entertainment in our series Tales for Our Time. Sax Rohmer was at one point one of the biggest-selling authors in the world - and then the arbiters of our culture decided to eighty-six his most famous creation...

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A remote fantastical kingdom far from Europe's chancelleries of power... An unpopular monarch on the eve of his coronation... A ruling class of plotters and would-be usurpers... ...and a gentleman adventurer on holiday. No, not Ruritania in the nineteenth century, but the United Kingdom in the twenty-first...

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