Boris Johnson
Scandal, corruption and collusion: 300 years of British prime ministers
As this month marks a significant milestone in our parliamentary democracy, Nigel Jones says that sleaziness has an historic precedent at No. 10 Downing Street
Kipling and Sinatra in Burma
The words Kipling chose should not be cancelled even if Frank Sinatra had a bit too much fun with them
Trouble in vaccine valley
Von der Leyen’s Covid nationalism could do real damage to the EU’s vaccine hub
Is Boris Johnson just a boy who can’t say ‘No’?
The prime minister always says “come on, let’s go” – jist when he orta say nix!
Boris Johnson: a quarterly report
Vaccination may have saved Boris Johnson from voters’ vengeance for Britain’s Covid disasters, but he’s not out of the woods yet, warns Nigel Jones
The questioning of women
Answers are the hardest words to say
Sex and the singular fisherman
Pike abound in British rivers yet are seldom caught for the table
Winston’s not back
If you didn’t want the bus to crash, why did you get on?
That is a renewed Trident deterrent and I am pleased to see you
NATO! I’m absolutely yours! SEATO? Never heard of her!
What’s the EU really trying to do with the Protocol?
Brussels isn’t living up to the commitments it made
Who’s ready for the Equality Levy?
Birmingham’s bankruptcy is a portrait of Britain’s future
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
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
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
