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
Balance the books
Britain’s soaring debt may not be as sustainable in the long term as figures suggest
Boris comes down from the mountain
Is he the Tory messiah, or just a very naughty boy?
When breast isn’t best
A major maternity support group is at war with its trustees over its insistence that men should be enabled to breastfeed
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
Remove the kid gloves
“Votes for 16-year-olds” has exposed our incoherent attitude towards young people
Just show me the money
A body that collects authors’ revenues is going off-book and asking about their gender
The problem with Nigel Farage
The maverick Reform leader might be entertaining, but he is also unreliable
Foxy old Labour
Going after private schools would be an act of pointless institutional vandalism