Letters
Zero sense Sir: Ross Clark’s article (‘Hot air’, 12 November) neatly sums up some of the fallacies of the net…
Austerity is back
It’s the Chancellor who will deliver next week’s Autumn Statement, but every-one knows it will have been ghost-written by Rishi…
Letters
Running the asylum Sir: The interview with Robert Buckland must be the most depressing article I have read for a…
Portrait of the week
Home Sir Gavin Williamson resigned from the cabinet as minister without portfolio following publication of texts he had sent (annoyed…
Books of the year II
A further selection of recent books enjoyed by our regular reviewers – and a few that have disappointed them
Portrait of the week
Home Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, spoke in the Commons of an ‘invasion on our southern coast’ by migrants in…
Beware Beijing
Olaf Scholz will be in Beijing this weekend, making the first visit of a western leader to China since the…
Books of the Year I
Our regular reviewers choose the books they have most enjoyed reading in 2022
Barometer
Prime numbers At 42, Rishi Sunak is Britain’s youngest PM since Lord Liverpool took office the day after his 42nd…
Portrait of the week
Home Rishi Sunak, aged 42, became Prime Minister. At the weekend Boris Johnson had flown back from a holiday in…
Letters
Sculpting a solution Sir: Noel Malcolm’s article ‘Relief fund’ (22 October) rightly suggests that legislators should consider the issue of…
Solution to 2576: After Eleven
The unclued lights are names of the men who followed Armstrong and Aldrin (Apollo 11) in walking on the moon…
A milder winter
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, German protesters lined the streets holding placards saying ‘Better a cold shower than Putin’s…
Rishi’s reshuffle: the appointments
Rishi Sunak is Britain’s third prime minister this year. On Tuesday, Sunak assembled a new top team with the hope…
Solution to 2575: Problem XIII
5 (the number of GOLD RINGS, from ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’: 34/22A) x 103 (the number of the PSALM…
Portrait of the week
Home Liz Truss said in a BBC interview as Prime Minister that she wanted to ‘say sorry for the mistakes…
Letters
Paying the price Sir: Lionel Shriver’s piece about university standards rang true to me (‘University is supposed to be hard’,…
Barometer
Out to grass If Liz Truss is forced out of office (and doesn’t also resign her parliamentary seat as Tony…
Beyond Truss
Seldom has support for a government fallen so far, so fast. Polls show that 24 per cent of the public…
Barometer
Dying of heat The former government chief scientific adviser Sir David King predicted that the heatwave in mid-July could cause…
