Myths and Legends
Fishermen’s tails
Through history, Mermaids have been treated as more real than legendary, even by those who have had a reputation to uphold
Michael Ashcroft on the rise of Rishi Sunak: what is he thinking? What does he intend?
In this podcast, Graham Stewart talks to Michael Ashcroft, whose new book is the first biography to be written about the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Murders for the end of the month
From laugh-out-louds to gripping plots, Jeremy Black recommends murder mysteries for the end of the month
A feast, plain and simple
You wait ages for a decent Irish cookbook, then two arrive together, says Melanie McDonagh
Why can Hollywood never get the King Arthur story right?
Like natural disasters, adaptations of the Arthurian legend seem to arrive about once a decade and leave devastation in their wake
What follows the abolition of fixed-term parliaments?
Will the Supreme Court seize the power to adjudicate on the calling of general elections?
Braving the woke mob is a prisoner’s dilemma
Nicholas Shackel, a Professor of Philosophy at University of Cardiff, explains how to turn the prisoner’s dilemma into the free speaker’s game
Steve Baker: Boris’s leadership “on the table” without lockdown exit plan
Distance between Downing Street and Tory lockdown sceptics widening as Baker writes to CRG MPs
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I’m telling you why
ERG ‘star chamber’ concludes that the Agreement restores British sovereignty
Boris Johnson’s deal has succeeded where Theresa May’s deal failed to convince the ERG’s spartans
Are the Bee Gees Britain’s most underrated band?
The Bee Gees have always been a target for mockery, but by force of talent and ambition, they managed to define the age around them