Maggie’s little golden boy

Is Boris Johnson under threat from Rushi Sunak? PAUL SAFFER says the Chancellor should remember the fable of John Moore. Continue reading →

Austin Mitchell: The MP for Lost Causes

DAN ATKINSON celebrates a Labour MP who repeatedly backed against the favourite and often won. Continue reading →

‘Get your game on’

ALWYN TURNER remembers the riots that engulfed England in August 2011. Continue reading →

‘Your horse is gay’: The Noughties in quotes

The story of a decade, in the words of Eddie Izzard, Dizzee Rascal, Stella Rimington and many more – selected by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

‘Batty, bananas or bonkers’

ALWYN TURNER on celebrities and mental illness in the Noughties. Continue reading →

‘A bodice-ripping period drama’

Costume drama or fly-on-the-wall documentary? ALWYN TURNER revisits Downton Abbey. Continue reading →

‘Slowly masticating’: The words of Boris Johnson

Some quotes from the days when Boris Johnson was the court jester at the Palace of Westminster. Continue reading →

Calling all cliches: Specific criminal offences

What do we want? More criminal offences! When do we want them? All the time! Continue reading →

‘This idiot has no place in British public life’

ALWYN TURNER reflects on the language of Patrick Mercer, John Terry and the Devil’s Arse. Continue reading →

Neither Nottingham nor Algeria

SIMON MATTHEWS on Britain’s most radical political novel. Continue reading →

‘What is the BBC for?’

Sachsgate, Kittengate, the Queen ‘losing it’ – the BBC had a difficult few years, reflects ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Lies, damned lies & EU citizens

One of the key questions of the Brexit debate: How many foreign EU citizens live in Britain? Continue reading →