Diaries
A chip on his shoulder
The diaries of Chips Channon
In defence of reading diaries
We experience people at their most depressed and their most joyful; their most selfish and their most generous
Perceptive, witty and sure of himself
Beyond the embellishments of Alan Duncan’s private diaries lies a body of work making serious points about the role of parliament
World-class snob, first-class diarist
Andrew Roberts says that in these diaries, Channon takes snobbery to a truly pathological level
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Dr Whitehall
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the Blob
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
