Will the real Mr Brexit please stand up? Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Pick of the Pops: ‘We Must All Stick Together’
Teddy Brown says that the clouds will soon roll by. Continue reading
F. Anstey and the original Dorian Gray
ALWYN TURNER on the Victorian humourist who inspired Oscar Wilde. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Brexit
We mark the fifth anniversary of the word Brexit. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (decomposing)
A newly instituted award for the politician who threw it all away. Continue reading
2016: Odds and sods
Some leftover highlights and lowlights of the last 12 months. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (undead)
He’s meant to be politically dead and buried, but he’s still shaping policy. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (dead)
The man we should all have been talking about in 2016. Continue reading
‘Elephantinely elfish’: Monsieur Hanuad
ALWYN TURNER on A.E.W. Mason’s detective, the inspiration for Hercule Poirot. Continue reading
The greatest living Englishmen
From Wilkie Collins to Cecil Rhodes, the votes are in from our Victorian juries. Continue reading