Features
Her father’s daughter
The making of Queen Elizabeth II
Wolf at the door
Italy’s wolves are on the march
Daffodils
Spring is the season of supermarket daffodils. At a pound a bunch, you can deck out your home like Elton…
The Zac Pack
The well-connected group quietly shaping Tory policy
An Olympic task
How China got stuck in a zero-Covid trap
Korea’s anti-feminists
How men’s rights became a big political issue
The abandoned revolution
Has the government lost interest in Brexit?
Fortress New Zealand
Faith in ‘Saint Jacinda’ is starting to fade
Classified information
The seduction of back-page ads
Letter from Odessa
‘God Save the Queen’ trended on Ukrainian social media over the weekend. ‘As a Brit in Kiev I have never…
Small matters
The difficulties of downsizing
Fur
We in Britain have long been much more squeamish about fur than other Europeans. I still well remember the snide…
Their phoney war
It suits both Boris and Putin to pretend that Russia may invade Ukraine
Old money
In defence of hard cash
Road to Reform
Is Richard Tice’s party a threat to the Tories?
The executioner’s song
What Norman Mailer’s ‘cancellation’ reveals
In the pipeline
Germany’s curious alliance with Russia
Playwright’s notebook
I’ve been keeping a journal for nearly 60 years. There are piles of the damn things in archives and covered…
Corporation facts
The BBC must ask itself if Nadine Dorries has a point
The battle to save Boris
Even ministers doubt whether he can recover
Bricking it
The Red Wall is crumbling
Chicken soup
Catherine Chicken is sickly. She has swollen up like a barrage balloon with an evil face and dinosaur feet. She…
All over
Why was Politics For All shut down?
Marmalade
The spectrum of ‘bestowing homemade gifts on one’s friends’ ranges from giving to foisting. Pure giving is when you make…
Sole traders
My strange encounter with the foot fetishists
