Who do we think we’re kidding with the NHS?
Someone somewhere damaged this country very badly
The lockdown’s founding myth
We’ve forgotten that the Imperial model didn’t even call for a full lockdown
Blown fusionism: is a common enemy enough?
Ed West, Small Men on the Wrong Side of History
The anti-Corbyn plot that never was
John Ware looks at the hard facts behind Momentum’s claims of centrist betrayal
Right Royal Rubbish
The new Meghan and Harry book is full of sycophantic trivia, almost as if it came from the horse’s mouth
Keeping the lid on the BBC
Dissident voices are not being heard on the BBC, writes Robin Aitken
The man who exposed the watchers
David J. Garrow reviews Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the Surveillance State, by Barton Gellman
A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
Report from Belarus
There is no one left to fight for Europe’s last dictator and his Soviet utopia
L’esprit de Boeuf
What sort of political XI will Botham join at Westminster?
Why non-racist whites are racist
Titania McGrath’s take on a thrilling year for racial equality
How I discovered History
Remembering the Six Day War and history lessons from Dick Crossman
Reclaiming Becket
London’s great saint needs a reboot