Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Beneath Disney’s Hood
Robin Hood marked the beginning of a steep decline for the much-loved brand
Coolness and cancellation
We should not just people with problematic pasts by how much we like their work
Killing and kissing
An engaging account of sex in wartime
The bats have left the bell tower
What happened to goths?
Tabloid fiction
A new book on journalism gets it wrong
Creativity and chaos
Writers with biographies to match their books
In defence of traditional swearing
And against the cult of “cockwomble”
Airbnbeebiegeebies
You never know what to expect from a rented kitchen
Why I still travel with my Rough Guide
The series has no equal
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
