Billi Bierling

Oct 14, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Billi Bierling

Andrew Comyn ‘Sandy’ Irvine disappeared while attempting to climb Everest in June 1924 with his partner George Mallory. For a century, the 22-year-old British climber’s body lay undiscovered. But last month a startling discovery was made on the mountain: a preserved boot with a red label attached; the lettering inside read: ‘AC Irvine’.

Oct 14, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Billi Bierling

Andrew Comyn ‘Sandy’ Irvine disappeared while attempting to climb Everest in June 1924 with his partner George Mallory. For a century, the 22-year-old British climber’s body lay undiscovered. But last month a startling discovery was made on the mountain: a preserved boot with a red label attached; the lettering inside read: ‘AC Irvine’. The group of American filmmakers uncovered the boot on the Central Rongbuk Glacier, on the north face of Everest.

Jun 11, 2024 | thespectator.com | Terry Barnes |James Delingpole |Anshel Pfeffer |Billi Bierling

Whatever one thinks of all that happened in the Covid years, and how the experience scarified so many and even compelled us to question the solidity of democratic institutions and values throughout the West, most of us simply want to forget. The Covid time is like a relationship gone bad: it’s easier to cope by burying it and moving on. In Australia this week, however, unpleasant reminders of the dark Covid time resurfaced in an unexpected place: the national King’s Birthday honors list.

Jun 11, 2024 | thespectator.com | Anshel Pfeffer |Billi Bierling |Ben Domenech |Fraser Nelson

A leading member of Israel’s wartime cabinet has threatened to resign should Benjamin Netanyahu fail to present a strategy for ending the war in Gaza. The liberal politician Benny Gantz, who would win an election were one held now, has given a public ultimatum. He will collapse Netanyahu’s fragile coalition if no peace plan is delivered by Saturday.

Jun 11, 2024 | thespectator.com | Billi Bierling |Ben Domenech |Fraser Nelson |Will Smith

The week in Washington was overshadowed somewhat by the antics up the Acela corridor in New York, where a Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty of thirty-four counts of falsifying business records. For Trump haters, Thursday’s decision adds to a long list of “firsts”: he’s the first president to be impeached twice, the first president to be found liable for sexual abuse… and now, the first president to be convicted of a felony. But as with his previous court fights — over E.