America

  • WTF Slava Ukraini Special

    Hallo Readers, Astonishingly, three years after Russia invaded Ukraine for the second time in a decade, the country still stands, President Zelinskyy is still alive and well, and Putin has lost who knows how many soldiers and billions of dollars.… Continue reading

  • WTF All-Male Grammys Special

    Hallo Readers, It is, admittedly, hard to keep count but in the brief period since his election, the President of the United States has announced that he intends to take over Greenland.  And Gaza. And Ganada. And the Panama Ganal.… Continue reading

  • WTF DEI Special

    Hallo Readers, The bodies of some 39 men, women and children were still at the bottom of the freezing Potomac river, (28 more had been already recovered) when the President of the United States decided to ditch the traditional role… Continue reading

  • WTF Golden Globes Special

    Hallo Readers, Elon Musk is not content with his existing status as the world’s richest man, his new status as Donald Trump’s brother-from-another-mother, his forthcoming appointment as joint head of the Department of Government Efficiency, which sounds like something out… Continue reading

  • WTF KILL ME NOW SPECIAL

    Hallo Readers,   As promised, WTF is interrupting her trip to India and Australia to bring you an election special. How could she not? Although she nearly did not, as when the results started trickling on the beautiful Wednesday morning in… Continue reading

  • WTF Greed Special

    Hallo Readers, WTF is going off on a six-week sabbatical, so you will have to fend for yourselves for the foreseeable future. She will of course be bringing you a US election special on 8 November 2024, three days after… Continue reading

  • WTF Good and Sweet New Year Special

    Hallo Readers, There was no WTF last week because it was Jewish New Year.  WTF did her usual big dinner for family and friends. The meal traditionally begins with prayers over the bread and wine and then a piece of… Continue reading

  • WTF Lords a Leaping Special

    Hallo Readers, When WTF first went to university and got her first cheque-book, she found it terribly exciting that you could scribble your name on an oblong piece of pink paper and get things. By the end of the first… Continue reading

  • WTF Chicago Special

    Hallo Readers,  It turns out that WTF picked a very good time to get off Twitter and go cold turkey (with the occasional peek. One day at a time, right?).  The sight of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the… Continue reading

  • WTF Bye Bye Twitter Special

    Hallo Readers, This week Donald Trump returned to Twitter and WTF left it. The main factor prompting her departure was Elon Musk’s seeming determination to support and encourage the right wing plankton that infested our streets with violence over a particularly… Continue reading