Alice Cockerell
Bored to tiers
Alice Cockerell proposes a drinking game to help deal with those who can’t stop talking about Covid-19
Title Dodgers
It’s not just Harry and Meghan who have dropped their titles
Made for TV
UK politicians are generally unsure what to think about a subject until the ITV docudrama comes out
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Carr’s sound, satisfying, and solid creations
A new book on an inventive, unjustly underrated, provincial architect is handsome but flawed
The Snowman and the sacrifices of Christmas
Nothing else has been quite as effective for introducing children to grief
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Chapter and verse on the unknowable Bard
The striking thing about Sir Stanley’s Shakespeare is how unsexy he is
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people
The Conservatives should not cancel Christians
A Conservative party that demonises Christian convictions will cease to be conservative