A very superior Season
Today’s Season may be more democratic and international than the old, but those in the know still cherish the hot tickets that guarantee exclusivity
Anyone for Woolton pie?
Enduring a taste of the Blitz spirit at a chain restaurant with no butter, no jam and few staff
Ladies don’t lunch
Dining in style at a quirky and captivating roadside osteria in Italy’s Balkan borderlands
Artwashing
Lisa Hilton at the Venice Biennale
Ubiquitous, but bloody good
Time and global success hasn’t dimmed the appeal of dinner at Nobu
Studio: The 2022 Venice Biennale
Cecilia Alemani has produced an exceptionally intelligent and delightful Biennale
The comeback Pig
A country pub where the cooking extracts the maximum amount of flavour
Evening Vespas and Gelato alla Gordon’s
When in Florence…
It’s a 10 from me
Lunching at one of Soho’s finest as it celebrates a decade of unassuming excellence
It’s a wrap
London seems like a brave new world after touching down from Venice
Liverpool, lies and France’s shame
The Stade de France fiasco bodes ill for forthcoming international sports events
Against industrial decline
The Green Industrial Revolution was not enough to revive British industry
Not doing God
The political perils of secularisation
Why women don’t trust Penny Mordaunt
She is not being honest about her record
Who’s afraid of populism
The Tories cannot escape their base
The remarkable poise of Allison Bailey
Bailey has shown the strength of her character in the courtroom
There is an alternative
The Church should invest in parishes and ministry if it wants to reach a new audience
All Trussed up
Everything was on track for Liz, until Mordaunt derailed the campaign
The Chronicles of Borisland
A magical land where it is always summer and nobody ever has to resign
The diary of Dilyn the dog
You think you’ve got it bad
Seeing the big picture
The most enduring historical work reveals eternal truths about the human condition