It’ll be Gover by Christmas
Being PM isn’t as easy as Boris looked forward to it being
Latex memories
Spitting Image (BritBox)
And the horse you rode in on
The first US presidential TV debate, Cleveland, Ohio
Number 10 is not a number, it’s a prison
The Code of the Wafflers
One App to rule them all
Mordor was much better than this
Is Boris Boris’s worst enemy?
Let’s ask Michael. Where is Michael? Who put that knife there?
Unquestionably Whitty and Vallance
The outlook is grey, no questions
Boris Relief: the Tory telethon you’ve been waiting for
Dig deep, otherwise Carrie will have to publish her diaries
Think of it as two Christmasses, darling
All the PMQ and Liaison Committee detail. If detail’s the right word. Which it’s not
Boris goes for Boris
The oven-ready withdrawal deal turns out to be inedible
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
Make architecture art again
Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
