NHS
Newly-minted mission statements
The Brexit coin takes bogus aspiration as part-ambition, part-accomplishment
Dissing Darth Vader
Longtime Scout leader Brian Walker paid the price for his Christian views
Take up your cross
Our battle to let Christians do what every other religion does
The mourning after
“Revolutionary” DIY home abortion deserves the bloody title
Lions led by donkeys
This tired cliché recently came to mind in a British hospital
Jeepers creepers
Why do men with questionable histories want to work with vulnerable women?
Just as we expected
I am shocked, shocked to find that Covid is going on in here
Turning caretakers into killers
Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill offers no real safeguards for the most vulnerable patients
Badges of obedience
Behind the NHS Rainbow is compulsory training and enforced ideology
Black to Front
Diversity is everywhere, but the BBC, the NHS, the Police and the Bank of England want more
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
How the Ukraine delusion may end
Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
