Boris Johnson
Bananas republic
Helping the dear leader pay the bills was all part of the service in the Glorious People’s Republic of Boris
An endangered species
The Conservatives are losing their grip on power
I am the lord thy Brexit
Thou shalt have no other Brexits before me
You can’t buy an excuse
James Cleverly might have wished he had stayed in the shops
Clear them all out
Downing Street officials should be held to higher standards
The Boris cult lives on
What his new portrait says about him
Letting the mask slip
An unelected, unaccountable bureaucrat used “nudging” to influence national policy
A Hancock for the ages
Could our former health secretary actually be a time-travelling hero?
My Hunk of Destiny
A tale of love and levelling up
Welfare statesmen
Struggling ex–Prime Ministers have been spotted queueing outside of Parliament
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
Mahler’s pioneers
Walter Goehr and Willem Mengelberg revive Mahler’s genius
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
