Starmer and the satirists
Will British comedians be as tough on the new government as on the last?
Rishi Sunak losing will be a blessed relief
The Conservatives should be put out of their misery
Cheers, Frasier
A comedy classic makes a triumphant return
Militant humourlessness
A pseudo-history of British comedy leaves one depressed
The Tories deserve to be hated
If not for the reasons many of their critics hate them
Proud of what?
The yearly rituals feel more corporate than counter-cultural
What’s in a nym?
How and why writers conceal their true selves
Coronation sceptical
Against the tyranny of twee
Whatever happened to the British bohemian?
Twilight of the Soho set
Britons on the moon
Remembering a lost dream
Nightmare on Starmer Street?
Bigger government is coming — but there is no avoiding it
The beginning and end of conversation
A catholic sift through humankind’s advent and our eventual, formative babbling and beyond.
Tee is for trend
Banish your inner Ted with a t-shirt
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
Small boats and big problems
The asylum issue is not going away, and Keir Starmer must face it soon
Sweet vengeance could turn sour
Anti-Conservative right-wingers should be careful what they wish for
Sue her
A mad week of misgendering, arson, and Wetherspoons coming out
Bad education
Under Labour a deeply ideological education sector could go very quickly and badly wrong
On She/Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Yousaf resigns and Lavery is maligned in another weird week of Scullionbait
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
Pissed Ofcom
An affront to the freedom of the press to do whatever it likes
