2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)

If Ed Davey wants to continue to exorcise the ghost of one Jo from the Liberal Democrats he needs to keep channelling another. Continue reading →

2021 Politician of the Year (dead)

It’s a return to boom and bust with the Demon Barber of Downing Street. Continue reading →

‘A rippling mood of rebellion’

SIMON MATTHEWS reads Sheila Rowbotham’s memoir of the 1970s, featuring socialism, feminism and Barry White. Continue reading →

Halloween hits: Brahn Boots

A Stanley Holloway classic, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading →

‘God’s time’

Peter Hitchens and Miss Mapp wave a less than fond farewell to British Summer Time. Continue reading →

Seven-year itch

ALWYN TURNER attempts to identify social trends via the medium of online pornography. Continue reading →

‘We will go forward’: Starmer speaks!

So, what have we learned from Sir Keir Starmer and his new-look Labour Party? Continue reading →

Those were the days, comrades

DAN ATKINSON remembers a golden age of political conferences, from stout to New Zealand pinot noir. Continue reading →

‘Are they all Lefties?’

ALWYN TURNER remembers anti-American feeling in Britain in the aftermath of 9/11. Continue reading →

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 →