Helen Lewis’s notebook: The hubris of Cummings, and how to play Have I Got Lewis for You
It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the downfall of Dominic Cummings. The eye test! The “Nasa-style control room”!
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Helen Lewis is a staff writer at the Atlantic and former deputy editor at the New Statesman.
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What we want: A hung parliament
Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn deserves to win the general election.
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Chris Morris on his new terrorism satire The Day Shall Come
The man behind Brass Eye and Four Lions tells Helen Lewis about the confected terrorism plots that inspired his new…
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A Very Expensive Poison and Hansard: sets that make or break
Two new plays, at the Old Vic and the National Theatre, both have incredible assets – but their set designs…
ByHey, let’s “evolve” Lara Croft by having people try to rape her!
"She is literally turned into a cornered animal."
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It’s a cliché to say that politics is “beyond satire”, but Brexit really has killed comedy
“What the hell,” I asked my husband at the weekend, “is that awful noise coming out of your phone?”…
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Tree at the Young Vic: a self-aware but superficial exploration of African heritage
The evening started well. For Tree, the “immersive theatre experience” crafted out of Idris Elba’s 2014 concept album Mi Mandela, the…
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