Lloyd Evans

The price we’ll pay for citizens’ assemblies

16 March 2024 5:00 pm

Citizens’ assemblies will transform Britain. That’s the promise made by activists from groups like Extinction Rebellion. Labour has also mooted…

Who’s more embarrassing: Corbyn or Truss?

29 February 2024 4:18 am

Sir Keir Starmer’s advisers have very short memories. At PMQs, the Labour leader mocked Liz Truss for visiting America to…

Parliament’s Gaza vote won’t help anyone

22 February 2024 5:27 am

The big issue at PMQs today was the motion calling for an end to hostilities in Gaza. In itself this…

Does Rishi Sunak think Labour is already running the country?

13 February 2024 10:17 pm

He strutted into the middle of the studio in dark slacks and a creaseless white shirt. Nippy, zestful, ready for…

The reality of food banks

10 February 2024 9:00 am

The old man next door asked me to collect his parcel from the food bank. ‘Sure,’ I said. I joined…

Casting an able-bodied actor as Richard III isn’t ‘offensive’

5 February 2024 5:59 pm

The row over Richard III rumbles on. Disability groups have objected to the Globe’s forthcoming production in which Michelle Terry…

Has Rishi Sunak already given up?

25 January 2024 3:17 am

Sir Keir’s spin doctors have been enjoying clips of Tony Blair’s performances as opposition leader. In the mid-1990s, Blair took…

Rishi Sunak’s nightmare PMQs

18 January 2024 3:24 am

Wow. For Rishi fans, that was one to forget. The Tory leader lacked his usual fluency and focus at PMQs…

Rishi Sunak has nothing to lose anymore

11 January 2024 4:47 am

Both leaders seemed pretty chipper at PMQs. With an election likely this year, Rishi Sunak has nothing to lose and…

Why are theatres so cowardly?

30 December 2023 11:00 am

Looking back at the year’s West End theatre, a few shows stand out. First, the best. Vanya, starring Andrew Scott…

The new status symbol of the super rich: headlice

9 December 2023 9:00 am

To help out friends, I sometimes collect a boy from his primary school near Sloane Square. This part of London…