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David Mitchell

David Mitchell is an actor, writer and comedian best known for shows including That Mitchell and Webb Look and Peep Show

July 2024

  • A pyramid of TV screens showing the logos of TV shows including The Wire, The Sopranos, Minder and Squid Game

    I’m lost in the foothills of a mountain of TV

    David Mitchell
    With thousands of hours of streaming on offer, it has become increasingly arduous to get with the programme

June 2024

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    Against all odds, it seems we hate to see bookmakers losing

    David Mitchell
    Bookies are the victims of the parliamentary betting scandal, but do they deserve our sympathy?
  • Illustration by David Foldvari of Labour and Tory party colours weaving through political messaging.

    Integrity is a rare gift, so why do we expect our politicians to possess it?

    David Mitchell
    Criticising MPs and party leaders for lacking a quality that few of us can genuinely lay claim to is a fruitless pursuit
  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a graveyard in which the tombstones are engraved with Tory policies

    Now they think they’ve lost, the Tories are full of big ideas

    David Mitchell
    National service? Abolishing university places? This absurd flurry of announcements is to make it seem, once Sunak has gone, that they did everything they could

March 2024

  • Illustration of the England flag, as redesigned by Nike, flying

    Keep your shirt on, Keir, all this bluster over Nike’s St George’s Cross is a false flag

    David Mitchell
    The Labour leader jumped on the critical bandwagon about the sports giant’s colourful new update of the England team’s kit, but the real outrage is the profiteering price tag

February 2024

  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a Death Star in a cuboid shape with the word SORRY printed on it in red

    If you hate Amazon, blame Rishi Sunak

    David Mitchell
    The online giant’s vast storage unit on the M1 is a logistical miracle – it’s a pity the lax-on-tax PM has spoiled the view

December 2023

  • Illustration by David Foldvari of an overfilled buffet plate.

    I’m not keen on our aversion to keenness

    David Mitchell
    Princess Kate is criticised for being enthusiastic in a new royal book, but using eagerness as a slur is silly and snobbish

October 2023

  • Illustration by David Foldvari of an overcrowded prison

    Politicians and prisons have made us stir crazy

    David Mitchell
  • Illustration by David Foldvari of junk food with warning labels

    Take this addictive food away from me!

    David Mitchell

September 2023

  • The Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.

    ‘From divinely inspired warrior to compulsively snacking gammon’: David Mitchell on England’s unruly royals – exclusive extract

  • David Mitchell photographed in robe and crown by Pål Hansen for the Observer New Review.

    Let’s hear it for England’s royals – and centuries of incompetence, criminality and failure

  • Illustration by David Foldvari.

    A note of caution about the withdrawal of cash

    David Mitchell
  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a pile of rubble with a broken "school crossing" sign sticking out of it

    What, a school revamp once every 440 years isn’t enough?

    David Mitchell

July 2023

  • Illustration by David Foldvari of tiny violin in big case

    Can fleeing Tories be turned into quality TV?

    David Mitchell
    With more than 40 Conservatives seeking new employment before the next election, media careers could be on the cards

June 2023

  • Illustration by David Foldvari.

    Who would pay to hear our drivel? That appears to be the Tories’ logic

    David Mitchell
  • Illustration by David Foldvari.

    Would you put an erect penis on a packet of cheese? Absolutely no whey

    David Mitchell

May 2023

  • Illustration by David Foldvari.

    Take it from someone in a TV duo: Holly and Phil are simply sick of each other

    David Mitchell
  • Illustration by David Foldvari.

    Rishi Sunak’s football video is a political own goal

    David Mitchell

April 2023

  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a head filled with mathematical symbols.

    Further maths from Sunak is still a fail

    David Mitchell
  • Illustration by David Foldvari.

    Has London reached peak toxicity?

    David Mitchell
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