Ken Dodd
Beyond the floppy fringe
It’s no laughing matter that our grotesque, contemptible political class is so out of touch
Mean genius of comedy
Alexander Larman on Happiness and Tears: The Ken Dodd Story by Louis Barfe
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
