Venice’s forgotten herald of joy
Carpaccio: Paintings and Drawings, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Witless in Oaxaca
Good food, but terrible tinny wine and robotic service at a modish Mexican destination
Skipping the light fantastic
Prepare to be wowed by the food, and fellow diners, at a new restaurant in Notting Hill
A fright in the Dolomites
It’s a bit much to go to dinner at a luxury ski resort and find oneself inadvertently appearing in Fawlty Towers with zombies
Dismal plate of the nation
Lisa Hilton finds a disturbing metaphor in the unconvincing dining room of the House of Lords
Venice’s ugly sister
Almost everything in Mestre is recent; everything is decayed
The brats who ruin brunch
Brunch provides the luxurious pleasure of a relaxed mid-morning meal until the ankle-biters arrive
Skeleton in the cupboard
Disappearing corpses, theme-park Venice and a post-Brexit smuggling operation
Creeping mediocrity
A dismal lunch at a chain restaurant woefully short of theatreland glamour
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history