Judi Dench
Royal blush
Boycotting the Crown and handbags at dusk
Who will be the next National Treasure?
After Dame Judi Dench’s resignation as a “national treasure”, Romeo Coates considers the runners and riders for the role
Why I “took the knee”
Following a brief loss of balance in a London watering hole I ‘took the knee’ – but that doesn’t detract from the symbolism
The gossip must go on
Lockdown tales from our showbusiness mole
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends