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“I am a total act” (but a second act?)
John Bowers reviews A Very Stable Genius, by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
The wisdom of agony aunts
Advice columns are conforming to the outlook of their publication
Et tu Baker?
Steve Baker’s call for Dominic Cummings to be sacked is a dramatic intervention
Boris: take back control
Steve Baker calls on Dominic Cummings to go
Defending a sticky wicket
Supporting Dom Cummings, Grant Shapps is the Boycott of press conference performers
Letter from Washington: The Veepstakes
Introducing a new newsletter from our US Editor
Restore, renew or start again?
The debate on Parliament’s refurbishment won’t be resolved until we decide how much we want to change it
The war of Boris’s stomach
The sugar tax failed to make us eat less sugar. Will Boris’s plan be any different?
Belgian light amid the gloom
The work of two fine artists is gaining belated and well-deserved recognition
Of men and birds
John Self reviews Enter The Aardvark by Jessica Anthony
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
Still-sparkling gems of an annus mirabilis
Tried and tested novels overlooked in our neophilic rush to the new and wanting
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Magic moments
A bomb dropped into the frightful world of mid-Victorian musical entertainment
