Flashman
Rogue male
Scoundrel, liar, cheat and toady, George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman is a creation of genius and a bracing antidote to our timid age
Fun in the sun
Summer finally appeared for the most civilised drinks event of the season
The collapse of the Tory Party has just begun
How Reform crippled the Conservatives
Latte populism
Nigel Farage wanders over to the wrong side of the tracks, clutching his coffee
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
Racing’s shame
British racing should have nothing to do with Sheikh Mohammed
Why Europeans don’t get Elon
Twitter has brought us into direct, unfiltered contact with an America we don’t really know or understand
Is Beer the solution to all of life’s problems?
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions — And How The World Lost its Mind. By Dan Davies