The Week

Did Elizabeth II have anything in common with Elizabeth I?

17 September 2022 9:00 am

Sovereign’s states When she died, Elizabeth II was Queen of 14 nations other than the UK: Antigua and Barbuda; Australia;…

Augustus and a lesson in self-publicity

17 September 2022 9:00 am

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

17 September 2022 9:00 am

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

17 September 2022 9:00 am

Home The body of Queen Elizabeth lay in state at Westminster Hall, in a coffin draped in the royal standard…

Memories of Princess Elizabeth

17 September 2022 9:00 am

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

17 September 2022 9:00 am

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

10 September 2022 9:00 am

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?

10 September 2022 9:00 am

On retiring from office, Boris Johnson described himself as a sort of Cincinnatus, returning to his plough. This famous story…

How much can Boris Johnson earn on the speaker circuit?

10 September 2022 9:00 am

In they come, out they go Liz Truss is the 15th prime minister to have served under Queen Elizabeth II,…

Portrait of the week: Truss in, Johnson out and Nord Stream 1 off

10 September 2022 9:00 am

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

10 September 2022 9:00 am

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

10 September 2022 9:00 am

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

3 September 2022 9:00 am

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

3 September 2022 9:00 am

Home Liz Truss, the contender for the Conservative party leadership who is expected to become prime minister next Tuesday, resisted…

My Ibiza diary

3 September 2022 9:00 am

You wait 11 years for a Tory leadership election and then three come along in quick succession. The first in…

What did Nasa achieve last time it visited the Moon?

3 September 2022 9:00 am

Of mice and Moon What did Nasa achieve last time it visited the Moon? Apollo 17, in December 1972, involved…

Russia, Ukraine and the legacy of Gorbachev

3 September 2022 9:00 am

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

3 September 2022 9:00 am

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

27 August 2022 9:00 am

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

27 August 2022 9:00 am

Medical problems come and go in the media, and at the moment the flavour of the month appears to be…

What’s Helsinki’s nightlife like?

27 August 2022 9:00 am

Finnish lines Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said she had taken a test for illegal drugs after being filmed at…

Letters: How to reform the GMC

27 August 2022 9:00 am

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

27 August 2022 9:00 am

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

27 August 2022 9:00 am

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

20 August 2022 9:00 am

Home The annual rate of inflation rose to 10.1 per cent, its highest since 1982. Average wages rose by 4.7…