Nicholas Wapshott
Nicholas Wapshott is an author and a journalist. Follow him at @NWapshott
Golden boy turned starstruck rube
The self-justifying self-portrait of a journalist who never made it
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
The sad decline of London pubs
Or, why the hell can I not get a drink after 9?
Why drag is not the same as pantomime
In pantomime, we know that people are pretending
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Elegy for the phoneless youth
The lost romance of growing up without the internet
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
Social media can be good for young people
It has its risks, but what doesn’t?
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
Rochdale is a tragedy that could happen again
Lessons have not been learned, and perpetrators are still at large