Hate watch: Jonathan Creek
Who broke Jonathan Creek? BEN THOMAS revisits the scene of the crime.
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More than snooker
SIMON MATTHEWS on the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, built when levelling up included experimental drama. Continue reading
‘The wrong kind of woman’: The early years of Liz Truss
ALWYN TURNER’s press portrait of Liz Truss’s rise, featuring Cameron’s Cuties, the Turnip Taliban and Greenham Common. Continue reading
2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)
If Ed Davey wants to continue to exorcise the ghost of one Jo from the Liberal Democrats he needs to keep channelling another. Continue reading
2021 Politician of the Year (dead)
It’s a return to boom and bust with the Demon Barber of Downing Street. Continue reading
‘A rippling mood of rebellion’
SIMON MATTHEWS reads Sheila Rowbotham’s memoir of the 1970s, featuring socialism, feminism and Barry White. Continue reading
Halloween hits: Brahn Boots
A Stanley Holloway classic, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading
‘God’s time’
Peter Hitchens and Miss Mapp wave a less than fond farewell to British Summer Time. Continue reading
Seven-year itch
ALWYN TURNER attempts to identify social trends via the medium of online pornography. Continue reading
‘We will go forward’: Starmer speaks!
So, what have we learned from Sir Keir Starmer and his new-look Labour Party? Continue reading
Those were the days, comrades
DAN ATKINSON remembers a golden age of political conferences, from stout to New Zealand pinot noir. Continue reading
‘Are they all Lefties?’
ALWYN TURNER remembers anti-American feeling in Britain in the aftermath of 9/11. Continue reading
Maggie’s little golden boy
Is Boris Johnson under threat from Rushi Sunak? PAUL SAFFER says the Chancellor should remember the fable of John Moore. Continue reading
