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Policeman’s Notebook
There’s no such thing as a typical week in policing and this last one was no different. It started on…
A murderer among us
I was Dennis Nilsen’s boss
Crowds
London, writes Dr Watson in the first Sherlock Holmes story, is ‘that great cesspool into which all the loungers and…
Bavaria’s carnival king
Is this the man who will replace Merkel?
Lockdown breakdown
The looming Tory rebellion against the government’s Covid policy
New World order
The myth of the ‘stolen country’
Letter from Madagascar
Earlier this month, in his weekly address to the nation, our President, the former DJ and coup leader Andry Rajoelina,…
A Churchillian task
How Boris can get Britain’s Covid fight back on track
Borrowed time
The economic scars of Covid will define the decade
Bad homes
How many Covid deaths took place in institutions that were known to be unsafe?
What Trump got right
He deserves credit for his foreign policy successes
Capital letters
Irrespective of whether Donald Trump ends up being a two-term president, surely no modern political figure has done more to…
Hidden pleasures
Why the Japanese love face masks
The missing leader
Boris Johnson needs to find his purpose again
Bag drop
How I gave up an unnecessary habit
Scandi noir
Sweden’s crime problem is out of control
Show stopper
It’s been an awful year for village fairs
Dragon’s Din
Why do schools want to erase the past?
Handshakes
The government wants us back in the office — catching trains, buying sandwiches and actually seeing colleagues and clients rather…
Power booster
The race for a Covid vaccine is about much more than finding a cure
A Priti state
We don’t need more laws – just better policing
Cull the gulls
Don’t protect seagulls
Stubbed out
Virtual tickets just aren’t the same
The Islamic Enlightenment
Bassam Tibi’s 40-year fight against fundamentalism
Thailand’s Caligula
Why are protestors risking it all to challenge the king?
