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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

Comedian MITCH BENN on the government’s rather telling blank-eyed incomprehension of Keir Starmer’s pledge to resign should he be given a fixed penalty notice

If part two of David Eldridge's trilogy of plays about relationships is a state-of-the-nation play, then all it has to say is that the nation is in a bit of a state, which will hardly come as a surprise to anyone

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

The former foreign secretary is eyeing up Number 10 (again)

Sir Ehud Sheleg’s donations attracted the attention of the National Crime Agency but he'd still put enough aside to finance a luxury leisure complex on the grounds of his £5m Hampstead home

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

Experts reveal what they would like to see in Baroness Hallett’s independent public inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic

Energy and fuel are global drivers of rising prices. But unlike our EU rivals, Brexit is making matters far worse in Britain

The public revulsion over Partygate indicates that, whether politicians accept it or not, a tipping point has been reached

We dropped the ball spectacularly on Russia. On China, and other human rights and international law abusers, we must not do the same

He was born in Malta, played in the first-ever final, rose to become a British army Colonel and ended his days as an Irish republican

History is repeating itself as the government exhibits all the signs of a worn-out administration devoid of ideas and waiting for the end

A family story shows how our government’s treatment of refugees – including Ukrainians – mirrors 1930s attitudes to Jews fleeing conflict and persecution

Our feelings shape what we do and they arise from our interactions with the world and changes in our bodies. It's time to get back to thinking about decision-making in this way

The right-wing press are wrongly trying to convince readers Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson are just as bad as each other. The reality couldn't be more different

Comedian MITCH BENN on the inevitable reaction to Ncuti Gatwa being cast as the next Doctor from the inevitable quarters

This utterly misguided take on an ancient musical will antagonise the only people it’s likely to attract

Newcomer Michael Workeye dominates this superbly written, but often intensely painful piece

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

He faces being dropped as a member in the House of Lords after failing to show up for an entire season - much to the disappointment of Brexiteer Lord David Owen

It has recently begun advertising for a communications director. But why would a serious effort to improve public health need to fret about public relations?

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

The highly-praised “entrepreneurship tsar” faces being struck off the register at Companies House

Obsession with the Protocol has handed the advantage to Sinn Féin

Last year, Sir Elton John warned of a “looming catastrophe” for touring British musicians after we left the EU. His prediction came true for one London band

The jury is out on Britain’s scheme to help students study overseas

Keir Starmer must banish the obsolete and the utopian, says the former foreign secretary in a speech to mark the 25th anniversary of New Labour’s triumph