Small boats, big election issue
Rishi Sunak started the year with a speech announcing his five priorities. That was quickly followed by Keir Starmer, who…
Worst Case scenario
How much longer has the cabinet secretary got?
No, minister
I am at a bit of a loss to understand the hoo-ha about the civil servant Sue Gray. She has…
Hot sources
Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages will be a historical goldmine
Battle of the clarets
‘Come dance with me in Ireland.’ That has always struck me as an enchanting prospect, though a recent Hibernian venture…
Travelling light
Even though I fly a lot, I retain the notion that air travel should be treated as a special occasion…
Crossword 2595: Three of a kind
The unclued lights display a common feature, different in each example. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe. Across 1 Tracks birds (5)…
Me too, Isabel
I’ve been gripped by the Telegraph’s Lockdown Files. The 100,000 WhatsApp messages on Matt Hancock’s phone, handed to the paper…
Man down
In Competition No. 3289, you were invited to provide an extract from a politically correct version of a work by…
‘There are no films I regret’
Michael Caine and the pursuit of happiness
Why ‘safe routes’ to asylum can’t work
I have never met Enver Solomon, the chief executive of the Refugee Council, but I have not the least doubt…
Letter from Ukraine
Lviv My favourite hotels in Lviv were all booked out over the weekend. The world’s justice elite were in…
Scandi noir
The growing power of Sweden’s street gangs
‘The palace destroyed me’
Meet the architect accused of building Putin’s $1 billion property
