Inspirations
Writer Dodie Smith’s influences were far from Primrose Hill…
Instead of the chocolate-box pink stucco houses of Primrose Hill, it was the castles and cottages of Suffolk which served as Smith’s inspiration
Balm for straitened times
Christopher Pincher offers some bargain whites for our tricky times
Harvey Weinstein’s affair with the UK film industry
What does the downfall of convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein mean for the UK’s dwindling film industry?
Is British democracy poised to become a more equal fight?
Will equal sized constituencies redraw the electoral battle map?
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
Where’s Allegra?
Whose jobs will the new face of No 10 swallow up next?
Letting the blob go online
Why is the “Vote Leave Government” giving a Quango so much power over our online speech?
Putting our arms around the National Elf Service
First have Christmas, then pay for it
Expelliarmus!
Harry Potter is cancelled, Sainsbury’s cancel their shoppers, Taxpayers fund Stonewall, and packing the (UK) Supreme Court
The new Covid-19 strain is a political disaster of our own making
By seeking answers to scientific questions no-one had asked, we find ourselves assigning importance to discoveries which may have none
It shouldn’t happen to a spad
Ministers have always needed people to carry their bags and to tell them what a wonderful job they are doing