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The New European has led the way on the tale of the disappearing scoop. But for supposedly bold national newspapers it has been an exercise in timidity

MANDRAKE is assured they are opening their country retreat for charitable causes rather than tax advantages

The prime minister always referred to the Telegraph as his “real boss”. Will they soon be welcoming him home?

Over the past decade Lionel Shriver has made a name for herself as a one-woman corrective to what she perceives as an excessively “woke” culture in this country

A trip to Portugal for veterans of the Daily Mail was more like an episode of Last of the Summer Wine

His review of Legally Blonde made it clear he wasn’t pleased about the casting of “fuller-bodied, nonbinary actors”

There is an ongoing inquiry into the running of The Aspinall Foundation, who Carrie works for when she's not organising “strategy meetings” in Downing Street

Hancock’s somewhat modest outside earnings haven't stopped him enjoying life with the woman he found it so difficult to socially distance from during lockdown

These days reviewers are rarely journalists but individuals with axes to grind

The levelling up minister may have, finally, come out in support of the prime minister, but he’s also just accepted his first donation since 2021

Back in 2019, a source told MANDRAKE that the prime minister started work late, looked dishevelled and treated the Downing Street flat like “student digs”

Melvyn Bragg’s autobiography is an affectionate homage to his formative years. But he’s got plenty to say about the culture secretary too

As Sue Gray reports, speculation is mounting as to which and how many necks Boris Johnson will offer to the block in order to save his own

The war in Ukraine is seeing the reputations of Olaf Scholz's two immediate predecessors reassessed, and not for the better

The newspaper recently asked what the point of the governor of the Bank of England was

Good wishes on my birthday do not make me feel any better about getting older. Besides, there were two other important anniversaries last week both involving leaders of the Labour party

Almost 1000 people gathered in Claridge's to hear the non-dom billionaire declare how the Daily Mail was “calling out the charlatans”

The Daily Mail’s circulation may be down but Dacre's finances are up

Since Gove stepped down as a member, the value the Dorneywood Trust's investments have increased by £933,000

Special adviser Henry Newman suggested the levelling up minister be more of “a character” in his television appearances

As Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform raises questions about what its future holds, the more obvious question is: what is it for?

Meanwhile, staff have seen very little of editor-in-chief Paul Dacre at the paper's Kensington headquarters

Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain, Boris Johnson’s former henchmen, haven't brought in as much money as speaker agency Chartwell Speakers may have hoped

The Sunday Times and the Daily Mail more or less engaged in a stand-up row over the weekend

The fragile relationship between the Press and politicians is at the heart of a procession of scandalous stories

As the government totters, its rabid lapdog is going all-out on attacking Labour

The reaction to the Depp/Heard trial demonstrates society's primal behaviour

My criticisms of the culture secretary have nothing to do with her being a woman, and everything to do with her being hopeless and dangerously out of her depth

Experts gathered at last weekend's Byline festival and expressed their frustrations

Rothermere, who pays minimal tax on account of his non-dom status, appears to be fretting about Starmer's pledge to abolish the loophole

The Polish military has no shortage of tanks and the last thing they want is Britain's old Challenger 2s, one source tells MANDRAKE

The idea for the story came from Paul Dacre, MANDRAKE believes