Rob Hutton hasn’t a clue what he’s doing
All cynics need the chewing gum of romance
Today in making Matt Hancock look good
Meanwhile in the Caino Chief of Staff timeline …
You can’t handle the chaos
Gove? Mitchell Gove? Sorry, Michael? No, never heard of him, why?
No No Nadhim
With a Johnson lockdown easing, terms & conditions apply
The Dom Identity
What happens if an imaginary grenade doesn’t explode?
To govern is to blog
Abysmal media incompetence but something deeper is at work
Easy miss, I’ve got you
A mild-mannered magazine editor fights for truth, justice and decent wallpaper
The diary of Dilyn the dog
Bozzo has a new food for me: little bits of paper with numbers on
Fort Mordaunt – a castle with a keep
Penny Mordaunt treats us to her motte and bailey defence
Classical Dom
Always fighting all the evil forces bringing peace and justice to all
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations