Private Eye
The sad reign of Ian Hislop
Appointed for his youth, he has become symbolic of cultural gerontocracy
Enemy of orthodoxy
Christopher Silvester reviews Groupthink: A Study in Self-Delusion, By Christopher Booker
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
