Satire
The truth about Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was actually a black woman
It’s all so difficult
Keir Starmer is struggling to rationalise the obviously stupid
Peston’s inbox
It’s all nonsense, and none of it happened, and I can’t remember it, and it’s not what it looks like
Drug yourself happy?
The case for microdosing ourselves into being merry
On track for a meltdown
The pros and cons of stalking
21st century villains
The Walliams dilemma
Bippi Strangeways
Activist poet
Peston’s Inbox
As hacked by Robert Hutton
British comedy can’t keep up with the modern world
The return of the Mock the Week is strange and sad
Trying and flailing
How, exactly, are we meant to avoid each other this Christmas?
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran