Ricky Gervais
Boremageddon
Ricky Gervais’s tiresome adolescent offencemongering sent me to sleep
You can criticise comedy without cancelling it
Ricky Gervais should ask himself who he is satirising and why
20 years of The Ricky Gervais Show
Ricky Gervais’s best comedy survives by fans swapping bootlegged recordings
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake