Boris Johnson
I know thee not, old bean
Boris Johnson escapes traps set for him by his arch-nemesis, Boris Johnson
Who wants to rule forever?
Being in power a long time doesn’t guarantee you’ll get things done
An all time high
Strangers are just people you haven’t infected yet
Do as Tories say, not as Tories do
Conservative politicians instruct us to wear masks — but vice-signal not doing so themselves
Did the PM tell the truth about Net Zero?
Fact-checking Boris Johnson’s answer to my PMQ
Freaky Friday
Tories and Labour become each other
The rusty bucket
Six tests for the social care plan
Boris – an optimist even in military defeat
Boris brooks no insult of our hardworking men and women in khaki and pinstripe
Who cares about the Channel crisis?
For the media and the Government, only one crisis is worth bothering with
“Will this do?”
Johnson’s statement on Afghanistan was, as ever, a masterpiece of bare adequacy
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Don’t depend on Disney
Of course big business never cared about gender distressed children
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
