Comedy
In Sunak’s house are many rooms
But it might be a tight squeeze
Unpeeling The Onion
How politics kills humour
I’ve got a brand new combine harvester
City lawyer turns rural heartthrob as Keir Starmer woos the farmers
Kettering meets Kiev
A people under threat, and their brave war-time leader — yes, that’s right, its Philip Hollobone
Bananas republic
Helping the dear leader pay the bills was all part of the service in the Glorious People’s Republic of Boris
Your part in my downfall
Hutton reflects on his unsuccessful stint as editor-in-chief of the Critic, and has determined the readers are to blame
I am the lord thy Brexit
Thou shalt have no other Brexits before me
Back in Vogue?
Nova is dreaming of fame and Rishi is trying to get out of the doghouse
Affairs of Church and state
Parliament debates marriage, theology and Nadhim Zahawi’s taxes
Too sleepy to secede?
The Tory answer to the SNP is the nationalism of the land of Nod
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Murders of 2024
Jeremy Black reviews the best (and worst) murders from the last year
