The roof is falling in
Schools are not the only thing in danger of collapsing
The epistle of St Dorries to the Sunakians
Do everything with grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure
Rishi is upset again
The PM’s in a massive sulk – maybe starting a new hedge fund would cheer him up?
Acting his age
What happens to film franchises when action heroes age?
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer
Clash of the summer blockbusters as joyless harbinger of doom meets clueless plastic doll
Elite overproduction
We’ve elected far too many Conservative MPs from mickey mouse constituencies
On the radar
A fresh telling of a largely forgotten slice of wartime history
DegreeStoppers
Call DegreeStoppers now – if your tip leads to a conviction, you could receive a postgraduate diploma
The curious case of the Case
Boris Johnson haunted a cagey performance by leading civil servants
Stop the bores
Excuses leakier than the Portcullis House roof
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
Britain will not be a “Christian country” without Christians
Traditions die if there is no one to cherish them
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
