Constituencies
Rambling through Chesham and Amersham
Each constituency has a unique and fascinating history
Redrawing boundaries
The constituency boundary review is in, and it makes for very long reading
The shifting sands of British tribal loyalties
Nick Cohen detects a seismic electoral change based on identity, age and education
Bums on seats
What will the long delayed boundary review finally do?
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
