Showbusiness
Three act tragedy
The Wagatha Christie case reveals the addictive fun of gossip — but also its corrosive power
Mean genius of comedy
Alexander Larman on Happiness and Tears: The Ken Dodd Story by Louis Barfe
‘Between you and me…’
All the gossip that’s fit to print from our showbusiness veteran
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
