Had cake, ate cake
Why Boris won’t allow other people to enjoy the things he has
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
