Defying a pervert
We have internalised the belief that to point out the glaringly obvious is not only cruel but aggressive
A taste of Mediterranean summer in Pimlico
Bold Mediterranean cooking transports diners with “holiday potatoes”
Roasted Rabbit
I am not a happy bunny
Catch of the Edwardian day
Fine food without the fawning
Idiots and Italian art
I have to bite my tongue or risk being thrown off the flight to London
Cordon bleu for me and yeu
Dining in style at a cult buffet restaurant
Toasting a maestro
Stranded passengers emerged bewildered into the night of the living dead
An Oxford arriviste
Shades of Brideshead and Saltburn at an unconvincing “classy” Oxford restaurant
Belle époque on a plate
The Goring offers a level of enchantment seldom found in the environs of Victoria Station
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food