Robert Meakin
Robert Meakin is a writer and longtime newspaper diarist
Otherworldly talents
Long live the golden age of British television, when great actors imbued classic roles with risky, multifaceted complexity
Tragic hero of Drury Lane
This meticulous account gives Frederick Chatterton a deserved and belated spotlight
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
The student politics of Clive Lewis
All he sees are good guys and bad guys
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account