My interiors life: weaned on the small screen
My formative years and future
tastes in all things were formed by
1950s and 1960s television,
The devils that made me a dandy
Joseph Connolly’s enduring passion for sartorial splendour was driven by a childhood addiction to the glamour of TV
All the things I have never done…
Joseph Connolly has never ridden a bike, drunk a pint of biiter or had a curry. Can you match his epic non-achievements?
Very Amis, very Hampstead
Joseph Connolly treasures his friendship with his literary hero
Goodbye to all that stuff
We used to love filling our homes with possessions. Now, less is more — indeed, it’s everything
Not tickety-boo
Joseph Connolly had never suffered a day’s illness — until he was felled by a “very unglamorous stroke”
Days in the life of the Fab Four
Joseph Connolly reviews One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, by Craig Brown
Filthy shades of grey
Why do people — and men in particular — dress so vilely now?
Safeguarding nightmare
The problem with “teacher activism”
Fishing wars
Brexit fallout sees France going into decline, while Britain exploits its new-found freedoms
They’re not trans activists; they’re Chris Morris fans
A group of bitter wannabes have been targeting me for fifteen years
Bye bye BBC
Why it’s time for Auntie to say goodnight
The Ensueing
Sue Gray’s report certainly can’t make anything worse
On trial for a Bible tweet
Finnish MP’s case could set a precedent for “unacceptable” beliefs across Europe
Brahms: Clarinet sonatas (BIS), French clarinet music (Delphian)
Three sonatas by Brahms? The clarinet adaptation, to no surprise, doesn’t work
Old-fashioned sexism
The case of Bryony Frost reminds us what women faced before transgender athletes upset sports equality
Dilyn the Dog plays charades
Bozzo is getting to know his MPs
Too woke to travel write?
Perhaps a little less introspection will see a renaissance of the troubled genre
Ceci n’est pas une party
It’s all getting a bit surreal for Boris Johnson