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This is not America
Politics

This is not America

Posted on 8 January 2021 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

In foreign affairs there’s only one question that matters: Are you on the right side of history? Continue reading →

2020 Politician of the Year (dead)
History / Politics

2020 Politician of the Year (dead)

Posted on 30 December 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Boris Johnson has chosen the wrong lodestar. He should look to an earlier wartime premier. Continue reading →

2020 Politician of the Year (decomposing)
Politics

2020 Politician of the Year (decomposing)

Posted on 29 December 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

The return of our award for the politician throwing it all away. Continue reading →

‘I’m quite cool’ – Sadiq Khan
Politics

‘I’m quite cool’ – Sadiq Khan

Posted on 8 October 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • 2 Comments

Mayor Sadiq Khan: a career in 55 quotes. Continue reading →

Our Man in Malaga
History

Our Man in Malaga

Posted on 1 August 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

SIMON MATTHEWS on a rediscovered British account of the Spanish Civil War that eclipses Orwell. Continue reading →

Camden and the North
Culture

Camden and the North

Posted on 17 June 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

David Storey’s 1960 novel, Flight Into Camden, revisited by SIMON MATTHEWS. Continue reading →

‘A dream-like London’
Culture

‘A dream-like London’

Posted on 11 April 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

SIMON MATTHEWS on Tom Stoppard’s 1966 novel Lord Malquist and Mr Moon. Continue reading →

Calling all cliches: Never the same again
Politics

Calling all cliches: Never the same again

Posted on 7 April 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Nothing will ever be the same again. Nothing has ever been the same again. Continue reading →

Unlovely Jubbly
Culture

Unlovely Jubbly

Posted on 23 February 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • 1 Comment

Keith Waterhouse’s second novel is creepy and sleazy. But is it still comic? wonders SIMON MATTHEWS Continue reading →

Calling all cliches: Making Britain great again
History / Politics

Calling all cliches: Making Britain great again

Posted on 31 January 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

How long have we been promising ourselves that we can make Britain great again? Continue reading →

Thornberry: a tribute in tweets
Politics

Thornberry: a tribute in tweets

Posted on 10 January 2020 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

How Twitter responded to Emily Thornberry’s apology for antisemitism. Continue reading →

Politician of the Decade (living)
Politics

Politician of the Decade (living)

Posted on 26 December 2019 by Lion & Unicorn • 1 Comment

Our award for the most significant British politician of the 2010s. Continue reading →

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  • Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
    Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
  • Who’s to blame for Corbynmania?
    Who’s to blame for Corbynmania?
  • 'An accident' - Wes Streeting
    'An accident' - Wes Streeting
  • ‘Oh, all right then’: The mirage of white-collar union power
    ‘Oh, all right then’: The mirage of white-collar union power
  • ‘Not a public-school boy’: A press portrait of David Davis
    ‘Not a public-school boy’: A press portrait of David Davis
  • 'A premature expostulator' - Barry Gardiner
    'A premature expostulator' - Barry Gardiner
  • Rear-view review: Carson Was Here
    Rear-view review: Carson Was Here
  • 'A posh lot': The birth of the SDP
    'A posh lot': The birth of the SDP
  • Revive 45: August 1974
    Revive 45: August 1974
  • ‘The wrong kind of woman’: A press portrait of Liz Truss (pt 1)
    ‘The wrong kind of woman’: A press portrait of Liz Truss (pt 1)

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  • ‘An accident’ – Wes Streeting
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  • ‘The wrong kind of woman’: A press portrait of Liz Truss (pt 1)
  • 2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)
  • 2021 Politician of the Year (dead)
  • ‘A rippling mood of rebellion’
  • Halloween hits: Brahn Boots

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