The Week
Augustus and a lesson in self-publicity
The death of Her Majesty raises the question of a commemoration of her extraordinary years of service. Augustus ruled the…
Letters: My childhood memory of the Queen
Majestic memories Sir: The sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II took me back 70 years to my…
Portrait of the week: The death of Queen Elizabeth II – and the accession of King Charles III
Home The body of Queen Elizabeth lay in state at Westminster Hall, in a coffin draped in the royal standard…
Memories of Princess Elizabeth
I am completely and utterly devastated by the passing of our wonderful, inspirational Queen, as I’m sure are so many…
The Queen’s act of Union
In death, as in life, Elizabeth II has been a unifying force for her country. For all the political rancour…
Liz Truss can’t ignore the issue of NHS reform
It’s hard to think of any Prime Minister who has entered office surrounded by such low expectations. Liz Truss was…
Does Cincinnatus have anything in common with Boris?
On retiring from office, Boris Johnson described himself as a sort of Cincinnatus, returning to his plough. This famous story…
Portrait of the week: Truss in, Johnson out and Nord Stream 1 off
Home Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, said in a speech outside 10 Downing Street: ‘Boris Johnson delivered Brexit, the…
Letters: Why we obeyed lockdown
Why we allowed it Sir: In her article ‘Why didn’t more people resist lockdown?’ (3 September), Lionel Shriver partially answers…
Kwasi Kwarteng is a politician from a different age
Liz Truss doesn’t waste energy on unnecessary emotion. At the announcement of her victory at the QE2 Centre, she ditched…
Letters: Lockdown saved lives
Lockdown saved lives Sir: Rishi Sunak presents an alarming picture of what happened during lockdown (‘The lockdown files’, 27 August)…
Portrait of the week: Gorbachev dies, Gibraltar becomes a city (again) and Meghan’s Mandela moment
Home Liz Truss, the contender for the Conservative party leadership who is expected to become prime minister next Tuesday, resisted…
My Ibiza diary
You wait 11 years for a Tory leadership election and then three come along in quick succession. The first in…
Russia, Ukraine and the legacy of Gorbachev
In her memoirs, Raisa Gorbacheva recalls the moment when her husband turned from bureaucrat into reformer. ‘I’m in my seventh…
The Roman roots of Tony Blair’s approach to education
Sir Tony Blair’s Tone-deaf suggestion that Stem subjects should dominate the curriculum of all schools would paradoxically take education back…
What the Tory leadership rivals haven’t discussed
In just over a week, Britain will have a new prime minister. No one can say that the 160,000 or…
How the ancients treated gout
Medical problems come and go in the media, and at the moment the flavour of the month appears to be…
Letters: How to reform the GMC
Overhaul the GMC Sir: Max Pemberton’s cogent criticism of the GMC (‘Unfit for purpose’, 20 August). is one of the…
Portrait of the week: Drought in Europe, property crisis in China and barristers and binmen strike
Home Inflation would reach 18.6 per cent by January and the energy price cap £5,816 in April, according to a…
Why political interviews matter
She’ll never do it. She’d have to be mad. Why take the risk? That’s what everyone said when I announced…
Portrait of the week: Inflation soars as Boris moves out of No. 10
Home The annual rate of inflation rose to 10.1 per cent, its highest since 1982. Average wages rose by 4.7…