Andy Burnham
He won’t take the knee
Has Robert Peel been reincarnated as the Chief Constable for Manchester?
Should all England be a Greater Manchester?
Neither Starmer nor Johnson know if local lockdowns are any more effective than national lockdowns. But both have dug-in to their positions.
You’ll take it and like it
Madchester? Sadchester? No, Gladchester, thought Boris
In defence of centrist dads
Tom Tugendhat was a man for the hour
A prayer for the Holocaust dead
Extra-judicial killing and its long aftermath forms the core of Linda Kinstler’s remarkable new book
We mustn’t repeal the Human Rights Act
The European Court of Human Rights is a necessary check against authoritarianism
Inclusion isn’t a dirty word
Conservatism is the really inclusive worldview, because it offers us rules to live by
Going nuts in May
There is no dish that is not improved by hazelnuts
Borisdammerung
Boris sings one last sad song before he mounts his pyre
Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)
This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works
Fifty shades of muck
The lost art of governing your tongue
The power of flags
Even in a material age, symbols matter
The American nightmare
Rakib’s Britain: America’s toxic racial politics cannot be allowed to take root in Britain
The bacchanalia of Kawanabe Kyōsai
This exhibition at the Royal Academy revels in the artist’s versatility