Rishi Sunak
The Conservative party’s autumn of discontent
It is a bad sign when Tory MPs say they will vote for their government with “a heavy heart”
The Nine Billion Names of Boris
Calm, Zen, Relaxed, Unfussed, Unagitated, Boris, Flip, Cripes, Oo-er
Did Boris deliver?
The Prime Minister would prefer to overpromise than exceed expectations
I come not to bury Boris
My name is Prudence and I’m here to have a good time
Where are we going with all this?
The Treasury now has to rely on epidemiological guesswork not economic forecasting
Cabinet Wars – Episode I
How do the cabinet and shadow cabinet stack up on Twitter?
An economic warning to the curious
There are no good British lessons from higher European taxes
The Captain doesn’t want to play
What happened to Boris as a child that he hates cricket so?
Going Dutch with Rishi Sunak
Can the Chancellor really be all give and no take?
Sunak’s folly
The Chancellor’s rash splurge on infrastructure is a worrying sign that Britain’s economic policy is heading in the wrong direction
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
When real Rivals fought over TV
The hit adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel reflects the ITV franchise battles
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
