Freebies

Apart from Mandelson, who is Labour’s biggest freebie lover?

14 February 2026 9:00 am

Keir Starmer is Labour’s king of freebies. He promised to clean up politics, but has accepted more free stuff than…

Why do the Starmers need a personal shopper? 

16 September 2024 3:40 pm

Well, colour me disappointed. I was among those – mugs, the uncharitable will be quick to call them – who imagined that…

Good old bad old days

27 November 2021 9:00 am

After a career spanning 50 years, 40 books and about a million parties, Anthony Holden has written a memoir. Based…

Oscar vs Augustus

20 February 2016 9:00 am

There was something admirable about the spirit of careful mockery behind the doggy bags on offer to the finalists in…