David Frost
David Frost’s solution to cool UK-EU relations
Since David Frost quit the government in December over its political direction, he has not said that much about the…
David Frost’s protocol diplomacy
As a general rule in post-Brexit politics, when David Frost makes a public intervention on the Northern Ireland protocol, it…
Brexit talks go down to the wire
After the past few years, it is hard to take Brexit deadlines seriously; they have a tendency to always slide…
No more Mr Nasty
‘I used to be Mr Nasty! That was good! Mr Nasty was easy!’ Jeremy Paxman bellows at Michael Palin on…
Boris Johnson’s lead Brexit negotiator sets out his red lines
What are the UK’s red lines in the upcoming trade talks with the EU? Although Boris Johnson has said publicly…
The idiot box
How to sum up David Frost? The lazy writer’s friend, aka Wikipedia, calls him ‘an English journalist, comedian, writer, media…
Letters
The power of creativity Sir: A rounded education should encourage creativity as well as maths, English, science and history if…
Super man of legend
On 13 March 2014 a congregation of 2,000 people, including many of the great and the good, gathered in Westminster…
Remembering P.J. Kavanagh
OBITUARY
Master of vitriol
‘Genuine invective is an almost lost art in our wild satirical age,’ Dennis Potter complained in New Society in 1966.…
It all began in 1963
If you’re looking for the year when the old England died, this was it
