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Andrew Gimson

Underrated: Shiva Naipaul
A warm and witty writer with a mordant eye for the bad and the bogus
Andrew Gimson

How can Theresa May survive Brexit?
The Prime Minister now looks dreadfully weak, but like all her predecessors she is a scapegoat, at the mercy of party and people
Andrew Gimson

Sex, politics and the new blasphemy
Westminster is scandalised by sexual harassment that would once have been treated as a joke. But does the nation take it quite so seriously?
Andrew Gimson

Underrated: Frank Field

The independent-minded Labour parliamentarian would have made an excellent Speaker

Andrew Gimson

Britain Is A Free Country — Thanks To The Queen
The paradox of British democracy is that our unelected monarch safeguards our liberties better than an elected politician ever could
Andrew Gimson

Campaign Diary
"The Chief Whip stormed the moral high ground and dug himself in. So why did I feel unable to follow Michael Gove over the top, as it were?"
Andrew Gimson

Memorable Memoirs
‘The best political memoirs are shot through with a kind of candour’
Andrew Gimson

In Search of the Incomparable Max
I discovered Max Beerbohm as an undergraduate. Rereading his work today has been just as enjoyable
Andrew Gimson

United the Coalition Stands, Divided it Falls
Badmouthing each other is not a path to electoral success. Clegg and Cameron must defend what they have achieved together
Andrew Gimson

Underrated: David Cameron
Our Prime Minister's Anglican attitudes are as valuable to the Conservative party as they are to the nation
Andrew Gimson

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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