Boris Johnson
The Dom Identity
What happens if an imaginary grenade doesn’t explode?
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
Classical Dom
Always fighting all the evil forces bringing peace and justice to all
Don’t ban so-called “conversion therapy”
The government is legislating for private conversations between adults
The usual suspect
Johnny Mercer is on the trail of who is preventing Northern Ireland veterans from legal protection
Faith in the voters
Boris’s secret is not treating the electorate like depressing raw material
A Covid bounce?
The election results on Thursday haven’t proved lockdown sceptics were wrong
Winning by inches or losing by miles?
The Scottish Conservatives self-congratulation is delusional. They have not stopped the SNP.
Line of Duty and the politics of drama
It doesn’t take the minds of AC-12’s finest to see the parallels between our own political climate and the nation’s favourite police drama
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
