Solution to 2590: Have a go
The seven unclued lights are BIRDs (36) minus one letter: (S)WAN (14), (G)ROUSE (18), P(H)EASANT (22), TE(A)L (40), S(W)ALLOW (7),…
Letters
Delusion of Sturgeon Sir: Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation speech was the longest and most delusional in living memory (‘After Sturgeon’, 18…
State of the Union
Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation as First Minister of Scotland comes at a critical moment for the Union, since the question of…
Letters
Schools out Sir: Toby Young is absolutely spot-on in his assessment of the impact of Labour’s plans to put VAT…
What Turkey needs
This week’s earthquake in Turkey and northern Syria is a reminder that in spite of civilisation’s advance and human ingenuity,…
Portrait of the week
Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, rearranged the deck chairs. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was broken…
Green and pleasant
To listen to many environmental campaigners, you would think that Britain was a toxic wasteland. They tell us that our…
Barometer
The final countdown The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved its ‘Doomsday Clock’ from 100 seconds to midnight to 90 seconds…
Revealed: The damning probe into Zahawi’s tax affairs that led to his departure
Rishi Sunak has sacked Nadhim Zahawi over his tax affairs and a ‘serious breach’ of the ministerial code. The PM…
When the system fails
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, 21, an Afghan convicted this week of murdering a man in Bournemouth last year, had previously murdered two…
Barometer
Preserve us The British Museum said it would stop referring to ‘mummies’ and call them ‘mummified persons’ instead, out of…
