Sketch
“A” for effort
Sunak the swot earns grudging respect for his class presentation
Panto in parliament
Michael Gove takes us on a regional tour
Rishi does the maths
Sunak squirms under a grilling from Starmer on the NHS
Back at the despatch box agane
Michael Gove enjoys another chance to cause chaos
I, Sunak
An uninspired outing on all sides
Apocollapse now
Is it already over for Liz?
Kwasi kwestions
Humility isn’t in their programming
Trussception
WARNING — contains spoilers about Dunkirk
Love and remembrance
The funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Hello Liz
Sweet offerings in the rain
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote
to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
