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The very English city that isn’t
Bath has been deemed a hotbed of our country’s elitism. That’s all well and good, but the city’s roots are anything but English
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A party right on the edge
The recent National Conservatism conference highlighted the threat of the far-right and the polarisation within the Tory Party itself
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My obsession with Adrian Chiles’ column
I’d like to enjoy his Guardian writings, but there’s one small thing getting in the way
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The war the Eurovision rules could not silence
As Russian rockets rained down on Ukraine, the contest’s political genie was finally let out of the bottle
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Brexiteers are the real snowflakes
They don't like to be called out for their Brexit lies - which is why it needs to happen more often
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Who will succeed Richard Sharp?
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Don’t read Hate Mail
Supporting our journalism shows nasty and nationalist papers like the Daily Mail the cold shoulder
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Farage still thinks he’s the star of the show
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Sorry for the irreverence, but the royals are now irrelevant
Post-Brexit, there’s even less use for a royal family than there was when we were an important nation
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Germansplaining: The everlasting differences between East and West
In Germany today, a lot of stereotypes between the East and the West remain. This is far from healthy
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The cosy links between Infosys and Downing Street
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Britain needs an ambulance
The German media can see the damage Brexit has done, even if the Europhobes can’t
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Richard Sharp’s disgrace is another stain on Boris Johnson’s unflushable legacy
Everything the former prime minister touched, he sullied. The former BBC chairman is more collateral damage
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Even the writers of Succession couldn’t get away with this Murdoch storyline
Trump is back, Carlson is gone - it’s all about the money for Murdoch. The real-life Logan Roy is bigger than fiction
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Hillary Clinton and the raid for the world’s most wanted man
The former First Lady’s account on The Rest Is Politics LEADING is one of the most remarkable pieces of explanation I have ever witnessed
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Boris and Carrie live the Gatsbyesque life
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Daily Hate: The Mail’s century-long quest to demonise migrants
It is arguably Britain’s most influential paper – which makes its long and ongoing history of vilifying refugees and asylum seekers even more troubling
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Are the Tories on the hunt for a new name?
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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The BBC’s lesson from the Balkans
Kosovo managed to take politics out of its state broadcaster. Could we do the same?
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have no shame
Both left office in disgrace and dishonour. Yet they still believe a resignation honours list is their right
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What ever happened to Martin Clarke?
The latest gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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How Boris Johnson defends the indefensible
The latest gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Germansplaining: A German Lineker
Would there have been the same furore over his Twitter posts if Gary was a Gerhard?
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How is Boris Johnson so rich?
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How Gary Lineker can avoid causing another fake outragegasm
If, in the future, Gary has to restrict himself to talking about football, here are some analogies it's OK for him to use
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: When the grillers become the grilled
An annual event sees those used to asking the questions in the hot seat
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Mail in a rage at Matt Hancock’s messages
The latest gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Germansplaining: Hitlermania
It’s not just the British who are obsessed with the Nazis – Hitler still boosts sales and viewing figures in Germany
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: How ABBA became a phenomenon
It was a real privilege to sit down with Björn Ulvaeus this week to
discuss the band's social impact
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The adventures of Isabel Oakeshott
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Is Oakeshott treading on thin legal ice?
The latest gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Meta’s metaverse: On this evidence, the future is a bleak, cumbersome nightmare
Mark Zuckerberg has already spent $20bn on his new virtual reality project, and it’s boring, empty and clunky