Mark Sedwill
Politicians versus mandarins
Spats between governments and civil servants are inevitable when administrations have a radical agenda
The designated survivor
Churchill’s stroke in 1953 does not create a workable precedent for Dominic Raab to follow
Boris is no joke, he’s a way of life
Keep the Telegraph solvent, keep Boris in office
A shapeless, moving, end in itself
So entropic is Geoff Dyer’s latest that the reader seeks desperately for structure
Another stone in the wall
No, two-year-olds cannot be trans
The UN must not ignore Afghan religious minorities
They live under the threat of elimination
Frederick the Great and the rise of Prussia
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about the role of Prussia in the eighteenth century
Cleaning up
The fate of a Whitehall cleaner, Emanuel Gomes, should not be brushed aside
Germany in the Baroque Age
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the cultural achievements of the Baroque Age in the German states
Birth of a four decade nightmare
Time and again, Afghanistan has found its future decided from afar
Why is TalkTV failing?
Monotonous boomer bait creates apathy, not outrage
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience