Boris Johnson
London: A New Rome?
Contrary to what Consul Boris says, the capital is an unsustainable subsidy-junkie
Easy Rider
‘Since my return from Bali, I have experimented with an accommodative tranquillity on a bicycle that makes my journey not only more pleasant but probably safer’
Stand Up For Surrey
All flashy shops and gaudy mansions? Think again. Surrey is still Pepys’s ‘old place of delight’.
A Tale of Concert Halls in Two Cities
Paris has a bold and visionary attitude to building for the arts. Why can’t London follow suit?
Boris’s 2020 Vision
By 2018 David Cameron will be ready to step down leaving the way clear for the London Mayor to swap City Hall for Number 10
Is Boris the Man to Succeed Cameron?
To some in the Conservative Party he is a scheming charlatan with no policies. To others his star power could be worth harnessing
London Needs a Real Cultural Revolution
Boris Johnson should spend his second mayoral term reversing Ken Livingstone’s legacy of inverse snobbery and interest group politics
Roadworks Rage
‘London has been ruined by roadworks. Post-2000, this erstwhile beautiful city has looked like Mogadishu’
What We Didn’t Know About Boris and Ken
Millions think next year’s London mayoral election is between an amiable Bertie Wooster and a Cockney cheeky chappie. Don’t you believe it
Party Lines
They’ve already had enough of Nick and Dave. Daisy Waugh picks up growing support for a Latin lover
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal