John Bercow
Outside his bailiwick
John Bercow’s podcast is me me me, with a side order of sycophancy
The perils of a speaker unchained
Bercow remains a grim warning about what a politician can still do in the chair, if he puts his mind to it
A vengeful pursuit of political power
Natascha Engel reviews Unspeakable by John Bercow
Who made parliament woke?
Parliamentary authorities are driving the social justice agenda all by themselves
Studio: Victorian architecture in Ulster
The undiscovered 19th century wonders of Northern Ireland
Pomp and circumstance
A Venetian Coronation, The Gabrieli Consort, St John’s Smith Square
Why hasn’t the Cabinet lost faith in Boris?
It is the history of Cabinet resignations, not no confidence votes, that indicates whether a Tory PM survives
The BBC can’t fix its class problems with quotas
The Corporation’s diversity obsession is the problem, not the solution
Dinner in the Bloodlands
Belarus Free Theatre brings moral complexity to the table
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
Donald Trump’s teachable moments
What lessons should today’s conservatives take from Trump?
Sounds and sweet airs
Classical music is flourishing in Britain — though if you listened to our cultural elite you’d never know it
Is the situation in Ukraine comparable to the siege of Leningrad?
There are more similarities than differences
Are U.S. sports actually superior to ours?
Sport is another thing to confirm the notion of American exceptionalism
Papa can you hear me?
Offering prayers for the government — God knows they need them