Matthew d’Ancona
07 June 2023
This squabble of PMs hides the truth: We’re not ready for the next pandemic
Tory faction-fighting is distracting us from limiting the impact of the next pandemic
Read the full article31 May 2023
The desperate, deranged Tories risk destroying themselves over Johnson
Deluded Conservatives have constructed an increasingly viral betrayal narrative in which Johnson was destroyed by a conspiracy led by Sunak
Read the full article24 May 2023
Life isn’t nice, and that’s why Succession is the best TV show ever
Decades from now, this once-in-a-lifetime series will still be watched as a cultural artefact of a particular moment in history
Read the full article21 May 2023
We need Martin Amis’s writings more than ever
In an age of stultified self-censorship and blandness, we have lost an author who always ran towards gunfire
Read the full article17 May 2023
What’s the point of Starmer if he won’t confront Braverman on immigration?
Britain needs a bolder Keir Starmer who will challenge the home secretary over her shameful anti-immigrant rhetoric
Read the full article10 May 2023
‘A range of exhausted volcanoes’: This is the end of the Tory empire
The sun is setting on the Tory empire. Is Starmer’s Labour Party up for the challenge?
Read the full article03 May 2023
If you want a republican UK, are you ready for president Boris Johnson?
This could be the last coronation of a monarch of the United Kingdom. But, be careful what you wish for
Read the full article26 April 2023
The graceless, remorseless political death of a desperate man
Dominic Raab’s pathetic conspiracy theories are yet another example of how the Conservative edifice continues to crumble
Read the full article19 April 2023
Blame the makers of Brexit, not Paddington, for wrecking the UK
It wasn’t Hugh Grant or Emma Watson who brought Britain to its knees, but the populist and privileged right
Read the full article
15 September 2019
MATTHEW D’ANCONA: Our slow-burning approach to news is catching alight
