Harrumphing and hot air
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s polemic against coronavirus lockdowns is “a stale little bonbon”
Literary festivals: sheer hell in a tent
To make people laugh for an hour is good business sense — but it says nothing about writing, or creativity, or art
We have forgotten the titans of British cinema
It has fallen to Scorsese to rescue the reputation of Powell and Pressburger
Earthly pleasures
The thrill of digging up — and eating — the first new potatoes of the year
Cash in the Cabinet
Helpful tips from your favourite politicians on how to beat the cost of living crisis
This septic isle
Malta is not a trans utopia
UN-welcome in Ukraine?
Prevaricating UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is finally flying to Kiev — but is it too late?
Boris will be Boris … again
How to end up a happy ex-prime minister
In praise of women’s football
Don’t let the FA score an own goal by letting transwomen into women’s sports
Women aren’t “womb-carriers”
How the left internalised the misogyny of the modern state
Broad horizons
Libraries are now much less about places to house books as places for people to work
Tortured hero of the Giro
The Italian rapscallion