Martin Reynolds
The fog of bores
Was Martin Reynolds’ memory a casualty of the pandemic?
The designated survivor
Churchill’s stroke in 1953 does not create a workable precedent for Dominic Raab to follow
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Satire, sci-fi and a sting in the tale
It’s time for our annual guide to the best new fiction of the year
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Sadiq Khan is blind to unromantic disadvantages
London travel schemes are excluding the disabled and pro-diversity officials do not seem to care
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The progressive defence of stereotypes
How the feminist campaign against the gender binary was subverted
The sad decline of London pubs
Or, why the hell can I not get a drink after 9?
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Disagree with this author? Racist!
Andrews’ view of the world is a fringe sliver of what ethnic minorities think about Britain