Satire
The Politics Of The Bottle
The political implications of prosecco versus a pint
Wrong And Hateful; Brave And Right
‘The depiction of Muhammad is a test case for the practice of Western freedoms’
High Jinks And Horrid Hacks
A revival of a classic satire on social mobility, a debunking of tabloid editors, and a deflating of Boris
Drawing A Line
How did a cartoonist who regularly draws Mohammed feel on hearing about the events in Paris?
Auteur Provocateur
Michel Houllebecq’s Soumission is provocative but treads familiar territory
Jungle Diva
‘I’m an MP, get me out of here’
Party Lines
Daisy Waugh overhears the verdict on the latest political memoirs
Party Lines
Daisy Waugh finds the Big Society is catching on in smart circles
Party Lines
As the cuts loom, Daisy Waugh shares the working mums’ pain
Party Lines
How’s a girl to vote? Daisy Waugh listens in on the great debate
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts