Dominic Cummings
Alfred Sherman: the original Downing Street maverick
The rise and fall of Dominic Cummings recalls the role of another eccentric who changed British politics
Dominic Cummings and the illusion of control
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how woefully mistaken Cummings’ hopes were for lasting civil service reform
No one guilty at the BBC
No one in BBC management ever pays a price for the BBC’s mistakes.They just happen, like the weather
The Cummings I knew
Did Dominic Cummings learn his management style from Klute Nightclub in Durham?
The man who wasn’t there wasn’t there
Boris virtually
The historical role of the maîtresse-en-titre
Nigel Jones looks at how the mistresses and girlfriends of rulers have exerted political power throughout history
Dominic Cummings’s 2020 vision
Why didn’t Dom do data?
Quiet, you’ll get yours in a minute
He’d have wanted “Dropping the Pilot”
“But is it good for the Jews?” Why Dom Cummings departure probably is
Toby Young was a huge fan of Dominic Cummings. The lockdown changed his mind
Who will be the next No.10 Chief?
The runners and riders for the Downing St. Chief of Staff job
How to fix our broken justice system
In a world of superficial identity politics, Alexandra Wilson’s book offers a nuanced narrative
Between war and empire
Jeremy Black weighs in on two recent historiographical offerings
High priestess of a new morality
At times Portrait of a Muse feels like a Julian Fellowes soap opera where we see this woman of extraordinary vivacity making great men go weak at the knees
Maggi Hambling’s sculpture is simply bad art
Perhaps if it were a simply better artwork, then Hambling’s statue would have been more warmly received
Is Foucault responsible for identity politics?
The pseudo-Foucault distorts Foucauldian doctrine not in pursuit of truth, but as a strategy of power
Tony goes to Holyrood
The Bumper Book of Scottish Political Counterfactuals: In which Tony Blair takes his rightful place as First Minister
The woke book of Brexit
Save yourself from ‘Rule Britannia: Brexit and the End of Empire’ by Danny Dorling and Sally Tomlinson
Letter from Washington: Race and the 2020 race
The facts don’t fit the story Democrats want to tell themselves
Letter from Washington: Cities need conservatives
…and conservatives need cities
Will Boris Johnson be the last Prime Minister of the UK?
The prime minister sees himself as the greatest unionist that has ever occupied Downing Street, yet it is he who is bringing the Union to the brink