Dominic Cummings
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
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
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
