Howard Jacobson’s Diary: Home-front warriors and Francis Bacon’s waning shock value
The spectacle of genuine horror unfolding in Ukraine throws into perspective our more synthetic outrages.
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Phil Jones’s Diary: Leaving Radio 2, the Queen’s favourite show, and why Gorbachev apologised to me
I’m certain that one person who does support the BBC is the Queen, who told me once that her favourite…
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Lionel Barber’s Diary: Boris Johnson’s new leaf, inflation fears, and being headhunted by Ofcom
We are led to believe the Prime Minister is about to drop the habits of a lifetime, but the changes…
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John Simpson’s Diary: In Afghanistan food is scarce, poverty is spreading and fear is everywhere
The full savagery of the old Taliban hasn’t returned. But sanctions are causing immense suffering.
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Andrew Marr: Why I’m joining the New Statesman as political editor
Now I have a chance to speak to readers in my own voice, what species of hack, after more than…
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Ian Hislop’s Diary: Carolling with the Monkees, sherry with the vicar, and the true meaning of Christmas
’Tis the season for gift giving and – just like vaccinations – I am recommending everyone gets three Private Eye…
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Iain Dale’s Diary: Matt Hancock’s elusive memoirs, scrubbing up on the US presidents, and electric car anxiety
Given the history between Britain and the US in the 18th and 19th centuries, it is almost remarkable we have…
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Rowan Williams’s Diary: Judging the Booker Prize, the ethics of climate change, and the birth of our first grandchild
I look forward to telling my grandson his birth was toasted within a few hours alongside the 2021 Booker winner.
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