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WILL PODMORE applauds a book that lays bare the facts and the ideological contradiction of the Johnson premiership
Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his first Cabinet meeting following the General Election on Tuesday December 17 2019
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Johnson at 10: The Inside Story
by Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell
Atlantic Books, £25
THIS is a terrific book, a real page-turner, and a fascinating account of an administration that was both very significant and hugely disappointing.
In 2019, the Labour Party played into Johnson’s hands. “It was supreme irony that the pro-EU opposition finally granted Johnson his wish for a general election,” say the authors.
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