Two views of the end of empire
An expert and an exile provide contrasting perspectives on Britain’s mistakes
Add some petals to the pot
Beauty is not just to behold, but to devour
Dismal bytes
Despairing at “food” on the web
Rich food’s fatal attraction
A menu to die for
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Robot recipes
Against cooking by algorithm
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Food fit for an angel
Celebrate Michaelmas in style
My Magyar dish
A dish that combines gravity with tradition, but is cheekily unorthodox
When in Spain…
…gorge on Iberian delicacies
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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
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Is the “George R. R. Martin effect” real?
Can we expect a Song of Ice and Fire or a damp squib?
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Let’s pay MPs less
MPs are getting another inflation-busting pay rise — even as the country they govern grows poorer
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
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
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all