Boris Johnson
Charity remains at home
In cutting international aid, Tory MPs delude themselves into believing the prime minister
Pitch inversion
Boris Johnson may rue the day he gave a footballer a gong for something other than football
Is he bovvered?
Boris can do compassion. When he can be bothered.
The modern age in lists
Plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off
Boris and Saj go large
Covid cases are going back up – so, time to get the party started
Mission Accomplished!
It’s important not to try too hard to remember what was and wasn’t illegal during the various lockdowns
Rogue male
Scoundrel, liar, cheat and toady, George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman is a creation of genius and a bracing antidote to our timid age
Bursting Boris’s bubble
Labour has found an attack line that has the benefit of being true
This won’t hurt Boris more than it hurts you
I trust you’ve brought enough of that public spending for everyone?
Dilyn the dog gets a gift from Huawei
…and meets Bozza’s independent advisor on standards
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)