Josh Barrie
Josh Barrie is a food and drink writer. @joshbythesea
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
The art of hospitality
Restaurants should be about more than just the food
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry