The art of fast food
Empty shelves need not mean dreary eating
Morning glory
Why must breakfast be a meal bereft of imagination? Felipe Fernández-Armesto offers an alternative
Cooking the books
Few writers do justice to food, but the exceptions are glorious, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
The call of the wild
Hunting for the pot is now strictly a hobby, but you can fake it, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Chips with everything
There is a way to serve pasta and potatoes — with garlic
Heaven and hell
Celebrate the return of normal life, but choose your guests with care
A real taste of the sea
Forget hoary folk tales and savour plump herring at its best, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Cracking good meals
Explore the splendid panoply of egg recipes for an Easter, feast, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Honest to goodness
Forget fads such as veganism, and instead eat simply and well says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Kisses in the dark
Choose ambience over aphrodisiacs for Valentine’s Day says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
A tumultuous decade of ingenious novelties
Did the English Revolution go full circle, replacing one overmighty king with another?
Eighteen questions for Kim Leadbeater
Questions that all MPs should be asking
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
