Dominic Cummings
Chatty rat-a-tat-tat
The Doms of Navarone
Let Boris be Boris
His problems aren’t other people, they’re other people’s people
Dom’s People
Tinker Tailor Soldier Twat
Classic Dom
See Lee out back about the merch, there’s grenade keyrings and everything
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
World-class snob, first-class diarist
Andrew Roberts says that in these diaries, Channon takes snobbery to a truly pathological level
Murder on the Dancefloor?
Government plans to send undercover police into nightclubs are absurd and destructive
Harry and Meghan – the aftermath
Over the course of two excoriating hours during the Oprah interview, The Firm found itself accused of racism, snobbery and emotional retardation
The questioning of women
Answers are the hardest words to say
Taurine state of grace
Christopher North joins the devoted cult of the elegant, enigmatic bullfighter José Tomás
Schools must fight to defend freedom of expression
The cowardice of senior staff at Batley Grammar should be a lesson to all educationalists about the importance of defending open discussion
How the pandemic has exacerbated our struggle for dignity
David Goodhart’s recent book is a reminder that we need to look out for those whose lives, jobs and purpose are disappearing
Rites of spring
The roar of the mower is a sign of life, says Hephzibah Anderson
Ban Trans myths by writing ‘FACT’
Prevent the rise of fascism by letting the state arrest people for what they think
Mystery of the lost Rembrandt
Michael Prodger tracks the story of a lost masterpiece