EXPLAINED: 5 - The Real Truth

What’s with the weird conservative obsession with Sydney Sweeney?

The discourse about Sweeney’s SNL episode shows that rightwingers are still obsessed with a toxic ideal of womanhood

The Guardian - US · Mar 9, 2024

Justin Welby says he carries personal alarm amid increasing threats in church

Archbishop says there has been hate speech and ‘enormous’ rise in abusive language against bishops, particularly female ones

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

Rishi Sunak’s No 10 speech gave a glimpse into the long election campaign ahead

Expect to hear more about extremism in the coming weeks, as the Tory party tries to identify Labour vulnerabilities, says the Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024

Conversing with the 'restless dead' – a posthumous collection of Hilary Mantel's writing illuminates her singular literary achievement

Hilary Mantel’s writing career falls neatly into two periods: before and after Wolf Hall.

The Conversation · Dec 17, 2023

David Cameron defends UK’s decision not to vote for UN resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza – as it happened

Foreign secretary says ceasefire needs to be ‘sustainable’ as he appears before House of Lords European affairs committee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023

Sunak denies he is ‘tetchy’ under pressure amid Tory infighting over immigration

PM dismisses dissent among his MPs over his Rwanda bill as ‘debating society’ behaviour

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023

Andrew Neil 'put up' preferred candidate for BBC chair role, MPs told

ANDREW Neil “put up” the UK Government’s preferred candidate to take over as BBC chair ...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 13, 2023

Top Scots lawyer rebukes Spectator writer for claim Joanna Cherry made 'easy mistake'

ONE of the most senior lawyers in Scotland has stepped in after a writer with the Spectator accused SNP MP Joanna Cherry of making an “easy…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 13, 2023

The Covid inquiry was the least of Sunak’s worries: now he has to face his own MPs

With his Rwanda plan, the PM has boxed himself into a corner, unable to satisfy the Tory left or right, says the Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak: the prime minister is fighting for his political life

Editorial: The Tory splits over lockdown were shallower and less treacherous than on immigration. But ominously they run along similar lines

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023