Eleanor Doughty
Eleanor Doughty is a freelance feature writer and interviewer
A little too mature
In Brideshead, the overriding feeling is that surely the punchline is to come. It never does
The legacy of Vanity Fair’s caricatures
Each cartoon had a story to tell about eminent figures in Victorian and Edwardian society
The future of Britain’s stately homes
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
The meaning of the battle for Polish Television
The “liberal” suspension of the rule of law should concern us all
Vibe supremacy
The right has a coolness problem, and Ben Shapiro rapping is not going to help
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
The celebrity trap
Women are punished for becoming the objects they are required to be
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence