We’re witnessing Westminster’s death of shame
The Covid Inquiry is uncovering the chaotic way the government handled the pandemic and gambled with the country’s future
Sunak laid bare
Matthew d’Ancona’s devastating essay: A weak man who betrayed his office, party.. and country
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Why Britain is Sunakered
Worse even than Boris Johnson or Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak’s blinkered arrogance has accelerated the decline and fall of the Tory empire
James O’Brien: How They Broke Britain
In an extract from his searing new book, the LBC presenter takes on the politicians who denied everything and took responsibility for nothing
Bricking it before Brexit: the story of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Forty years on, the adventures of a bunch of brickies abroad still have a lot to tell us about Britain, its workers and Europe
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Everyday philosophy: Don’t shy away from reality
Switching off the news has been particularly alluring in the last few weeks, but we must not fall into this trap
We’re witnessing Westminster’s death of shame
The Covid Inquiry is uncovering the chaotic way the government handled the pandemic and gambled with the country’s future
The ‘Orbánisation’ of Georgia
The promotion of conservative or even hard-right ideas across Europe is a threat
Turkey, a nation divided by a common cause
Turkish secularists and Islamists have been demonstrating against the war, but for different reasons
In pursuit of my one-euro house
In Sardinia you can buy a house for just one euro, but is this too good to be true?
Bullfights are not art
Valencia’s minister of culture calls the practice an art form – he’s wrong
Where is tiramisù really from?
The origin of Italy’s favourite dessert is a hotly contested topic
Germansplaining: Sahra Wagenknecht is digging The Left’s grave
The post-GDR party she used to co-chair is on the brink of extinction, and Wagenknecht is gearing up to push her former comrades off a cliff
What the next election has in store for Michael Gove
What will become of the Blackadder of British politics?
Britain has always been multicultural. It’s the only way to keep it running
Embracing both the dilemmas and rewards of multicultural coexistence will mean abandoning the government’s populist resentment
I won’t go back to the British Museum while austerity Osborne is in charge
He knows that unless parliament passes a new act, the museum cannot restitute the Parthenon Marbles
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The uplifting school which would take Farage to his breaking point
An academy where 85% of pupils have English as a second language found engaged, informed children with high aspirations and plenty of questions
Why Britain is Sunakered
Worse even than Boris Johnson or Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak’s blinkered arrogance has accelerated the decline and fall of the Tory empire
James O’Brien: How They Broke Britain
In an extract from his searing new book, the LBC presenter takes on the politicians who denied everything and took responsibility for nothing
If Starmer wins, he should break up the Treasury and remake No 10
Two good ideas for an incoming Labour government come from a former Tory minister’s report
Lisetta Carmi, the genius of Genoa
The refugee, who became an acclaimed photographer, had a lifelong fascination with outsiders
Inheritance tax is fair: scrapping it would benefit only the wealthiest
Only the richest 4% will pay it, but everyone seems to hate it. Now it is in the government’s sights
No shit, Braverman doesn’t deserve to be top of this list
Most of us are at odds with her policies and over-zealous remarks, but she is a high achiever who holds herself to exacting standards
Cartoon: Should we rejoice about the bankers’ bonus cap removal?
Boris Johnson gets a show on GB News. It’s a match made in Hades
What might Boris Johnson name his new show? Here are a few ideas...
Bricking it before Brexit: the story of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Forty years on, the adventures of a bunch of brickies abroad still have a lot to tell us about Britain, its workers and Europe
In cod we trust: why Britain’s national dish is nothing of the sort
The humble Friday night takeaway staple is a magnificent
immigration success story
On the Adamant: a ship called dignity
The award-winning story of how a psychiatric facility on a River Seine barge helps to keep its patients afloat
Philip Guston and the art of fear and loathing
A new show reveals the American artist’s many changes of direction, from condemning racism and violence to the calm of everyday life
Taste of Europe: Stuart Ralston’s Baron Bigod custard and lavosh crackers
As Vanessa Feltz could tell you, custard is nothing to be feared
Henri Matisse: The secular artist whose masterpiece was a chapel
Never a religious man, at the end of his life converting a damp garage into a chapel became an unlikely obsession
Mexico’s call of the cowboy
How the raising of cattle by a mixture of Mexicans, African-Americans and Americans gave rise to a distinctive vocabulary
Multicultural Man: On fake cops
The filming of a police drama provokes thoughts on significance