Helen McNamara
Whitehall shirks the blame game
Are civil servants the blameless dupes of “partygate”?
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Is this what winning looks like?
Reform UK supporters are growing weary of infighting and weak rhetoric
Red lines
Fighting Ulster’s flag downgrade
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
