I have paid a modicum of attention to British and European media regulation ever since I was removed from UK broadcasting, now and forever. Probably would have been wiser to pay attention before my removal, but, be that as it may, Ofcom decided that my conversation with Naomi Wolf about the Covid vaccines risked causing "harm" to people. And we wouldn't want that, would we? So I was interested to learn from the weekend's Glastonbury Festival just who you can target for "harm". Back in my youth, Glasto was a big peace'n'lovefest with a somewhat tedious hippie aesthetic. But now everybody seems to enjoy it mostly for the exhortations to murder: all we are saying is give death a chance! For whom? Well, Israelis, of course: A rap duo called ...

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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 this year's summer blockbuster, and its motor-racing predecessors...

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The essential difference between the rulers and the ruled is that the former get to swan off to banquets hosted by the hottie Dutch queen where they make grand plans for places even more distant and unpronounceable, while the latter can't help noticing that their own towns and countries are a lot crapper than they were twenty years ago...

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Laura Rosen Cohen rounds up the Internet...

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If you missed today's edition of Steyn's Clubland Q&A live around the planet, here's the action replay. This week's show covered a range of topics from the Iran ceasefire and the Nato summit to New York's next mayor and the latest Covid-vaccine stats...

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Mark takes questions from Steyn Club members around the planet...

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President Trump proclaims "no further HATE" and "Peace and Harmony in the Region"...

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From the 2025 Steyn Cruise, Mark and Dan Wootton together again for the first time since the GB News days...

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Mark catches up with Steyn Show favourites Jules Serkin and Naomi Wolf. Jules, a BBC presenter, fell victim to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Yet her own colleagues stayed silent...

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Steyn talks to Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer about Irish anti-Semitism...

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Who owes one million dollars now?

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A GB News reunion on the latest Mark Steyn Show Dan Wootton, Laurence Fox and Naomi Wolf...

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Today's episode was filmed live on the Mark Steyn Iberian Cruise with three of our special guests: Sammy Woodhouse, Samantha Smith and Allison Pearson...

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Steyn on a classic Canadian song

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On this week's episode of Mark Steyn on the Town, we celebrate two very different songwriters, and some ring-a-ding-ding movie themes. To listen to the programme, simply click here and log-in. ~Thank you for your kind comments about last week's edition. Anne says: Great show as always Mark! Enjoyed your selection of songs and chat to celebrate Don Black's birthday. So did Catherine: Thank you Mark for yet another totally unmissable show. Many happy returns of the day to the great Don Black, a legend. The first two tracks from Matt Monro set the standard for these songs – wonderful. Fran Lavery, a First Weekend Founding Member of The Mark Steyn Club, also enjoyed the birthday observances: There are lots of useful nuggets of wisdom in your ...

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Mark tells the story of Irving Berlin's great American anthem...

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On this week's episode of Mark Steyn on the Town, we wish a happy birthday to a legendary British lyricist, mark the solstice with summer and winter songs from the northern and summer hemispheres, celebrate the perfect match of singer and songwriting team, and enjoy a cavalcade of Non-Stop Number Ones down the decades. To listen to the programme, simply click here and log-in. ~Thank you for your kind comments about last week's edition. Suzy says: Every week I marvel at Mark Steyn's vast knowledge of nostalgic songs and his anecdotes of all the top composers, lyricists and singers he has personally known that he shares with us. (Not least how he finds the time to do it!) A wonderful insight into many popular songs from Serenade's playlist. ...

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Happy Father's Day to you and yours. We have some Father's Day moments from The Mark Steyn Show here, and we close out the day with a song for those about to qualify for the category. I miss my dad more and more as the years go by. This Song for the Season is one he used to like singing - mostly the "My boy Bill" bit, because it all gets a little more complicated after that. It's more than a song, but a dramatic soliloquy on imminent fatherhood. This essay is adapted from my book A Song for the Season...

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On this week's episode of Mark Steyn on the Town, we remember a fine songwriter, celebrate the centennial of a great American standard, and enjoy the windy Sinatra...

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Welcome to the seventy-first audio entertainment in our series Tales for Our Time...

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Mark tells the story of a song that's a blast of pure joy, but emerged from an unlikely corner of history...

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On this week's episode of Mark Steyn On the Town, we celebrate Georges Bizet and Nancy Sinatra. Plus: a cavalcade of Non-Stop Number Ones, and a rare touch of reggae...

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A rerun of a Tale for Our Time first aired almost a decade ago: Belling the Cat by Rudyard Kipling...

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Welcome to the conclusion of our eighth-birthday Tale for Our Time: Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome...

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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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