Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
Devilishly good
This menu for this month is black food, with a small “b”
Tripe is worth all the laborious preparation
The sagging, slumberous bed of tripe-meat just needs awakening
My beef with football burgers
From ersatz meat we are turning to ersatz ersatz meat
A campaign to save our sauces
The deprofessionalisation of cooking has brought about a crisis in the kitchen
An alternative to deep-fried chicken
Grease-fiends falsely claim that deep fat is necessary
The etymology and delight of asparagus
If asparagus is white and thick, it is too good to use as a garnish
Uncork the demon
The demonisation of drink has overreached reason
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Givers and takers
Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space