EU micro-aggressions: should Britain stoop to retaliate?
The EU is about to take legal action against the UK. Can the post-Brexit “special relationship” with Brussels be repaired?
Cavalier with the facts
PMQs pitches a Cavalier prime minister against his Roundhead opponent. But Boris risks a lot as “the Rupert of debate”
Silence in court
Calls by Labour politicians for an inquiry into royal racism misjudge the popular mood
You say it best when you say nothing at all
Nicola Sturgeon’s defence is impregnable because it concedes so little usable information
Crying Wolffe
The Alex Salmond inquiry has been hobbled by legal intervention – so why can the media publish what politicians cannot discuss?
Can Salmond bring down Sturgeon?
Nicola Sturgeon can sacrifice others in order to protect herself
Sealed with a Glasgow kiss
From trans rights to its independence strategy, a bitter war divides one of the most popular parties in Europe
Vanilla flavour Labour
Something borrowed, something blue – Keir Starmer’s vision cedes the initiative to Rishi Sunak
Another nice mess you’ve gotten me into?
David Frost’s reward is to inherit Michael Gove’s problems
Shock: there is a pregnant “person” in the Cabinet
Legislation on maternity leave is now drafted to apply to “a person” not “a woman” who is a mother
Mood music from the past
A confidential matter: the letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935
He’s behind you!
Turn again, Detective Inspector Hathaway
Why can’t we have a good film of Noël Coward’s plays?
If one judged the playwright solely on the film versions of his work, one might be forgiven for believing that he had never been particularly accomplished
Virginia, Vita and the resurrection of the taboo of lesbian love
How choosing a trans-woman to read Virginia Woolf’s most intimate words is at odds with the crux of this Charleston Trust event
Studio: Drawing US Presidents
John Springs on illustrating US Presidents throughout his career
Hopkins and Oldman: The very best of British actors
Following the recent Oscar nod for Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman, Alexander Larman looks at other parallels between the two thespians
Carrie’s war
Love me, love my curtains
Senator Marco Rubio says business-as-usual with Beijing is “not an option”
In an exclusive interview with Kapil Komireddi, the US senator condemns the Communist Party of China as a “genocidal regime” which poses “the greatest threat” to international peace and security
Escape to Vaccinery
Where’s the reckless rogue Tory MPs elected leader? Who’s this square?
Steve Baker: Boris’s leadership “on the table” without lockdown exit plan
Distance between Downing Street and Tory lockdown sceptics widening as Baker writes to CRG MPs