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What Norman Mailer’s ‘cancellation’ reveals
What Norman Mailer’s ‘cancellation’ reveals
In the pipeline: would Germany side with Russia in a conflict?
Germany’s curious alliance with Russia
The hypocrisy of actors
I’ve been keeping a journal for nearly 60 years. There are piles of the damn things in archives and covered…
Why we still need the BBC
The BBC must ask itself if Nadine Dorries has a point
‘If it goes to a vote he’s finished’: the battle to save Boris
Even ministers doubt whether he can recover
The collapse: how Red Wall MPs turned on Boris
The Red Wall is crumbling
The secrets of chicken soup
Catherine Chicken is sickly. She has swollen up like a barrage balloon with an evil face and dinosaur feet. She…
What really happened to Politics For All
Why was Politics For All shut down?
The bittersweet truth about homemade marmalade
The spectrum of ‘bestowing homemade gifts on one’s friends’ ranges from giving to foisting. Pure giving is when you make…
My strange encounter with foot fetishists
My strange encounter with the foot fetishists
Haunted: the spectre of revolution is stalking Putin
The spectre of revolution is stalking Putin
Why legalising cannabis is safer than decriminalising it
The London mayor’s new policy on cannabis is a disaster
Can anyone beat Berlusconi to the Italian presidency?
Can Berlusconi become Italy’s next president?
Why should I be sacked for refusing the Covid vaccine?
Why should I be sacked for refusing the Covid vaccine?
I’m sharing my boyfriend with 60,000 other people
The trouble with dating a social media star
Is it over? Boris is in the worst trouble of his premiership
Boris Johnson is in the worst trouble of his premiership
The EU’s new emperor
What would Macron’s second term look like?
A model Uighur
The exhausting battle to keep on the right side of the CCP
A pretty pass
The case for vaccine passports has collapsed
Unpopular opinion
Why I love to be hated
Letter from Kenya
My wife and I were lucky to escape for a long-delayed birdwatching holiday in Kenya over Christmas. To have been…
Divided, we stand
Anglicans need to agree to disagree
Pills to post
The antivirals taskforce is at the ready
Top model
An alternative to Sage’s worst-case scenario
Gold
After taking James Bond hostage, Auric Goldfinger does what all Bond villains do when in a position of power —…
