Primary sauces
Lisa Hilton savours a timeless French bistro in Pimlico that displays no timidity with the ladle
Pleasures of the plague year
Lisa Hilton welcomes the locals back to Venice and enjoys a spicy nod to the city’s vibrant past
Anthology of asininity
Lisa Hilton finds it hard to imagine that this guide will be of actual use to anyone at all
Little cup of perfection
Lisa Hilton praises a divine lunch in Santiago de Compostela
Five go mad for fish and chips
Lisa Hilton enjoys a seaside hike, a bracing swim and lashings of warming tea in West Sussex
American nightmare
Lisa Hilton reluctantly samples a Five Guys burger in Milan and regrets it
Taste of the high country
Lisa Hilton savours sublime cookery packed with the flavours of Slovenia’s Julian Alps
Invitation to a joyless party
Lisa Hilton reviews Very Important People, by Ashley Mears
Creature of comfort food
Lisa Hilton dreams of Mayfair and the true luxury of a silky, delicate fish pie
Fear and longing for life after lockdown
This beautiful city has never felt so ugly, with spies everywhere
A bright star in the east
Liz Truss doesn’t lack courage
The mystery of the folded dragon
Michael Prodger recounts the tale of Hergé’s drawing for the cover of the Tintin instalment: The Blue Lotus
Without fear or favour
The police have traded impartiality for the praise of special interest groups
The Polish perspective
Why has the history of Poland, what was a large country, an important economy and an interesting polity, been marginalised by historians?
Faith and apostasy in the gospel of Brexit
The theory that Brexit was caused by a religious fervour deliberately fostered by the Leave campaign is a case of the pot calling the kettle black
See, the conqu’ring hero comes – to be ridiculed by vegans
A Procrustean bed of critical theory is examining a British military hero – with predictable results
SantaClaustrophobia: Christmas in quarantine
However strict Australia’s quarantine measures may be, they appear to be a lot more effective than the UK’s laissez-faire approach
Making history
Charles Saumarez Smith believes the restoration of an historic factory in the Potteries can be a model for preserving our manufacturing past
Why is atheism no longer cool?
How the New Atheists failed to make God go away
New rules
Policing the spirit of the law