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Creature of comfort food
Lisa Hilton dreams of Mayfair and the true luxury of a silky, delicate fish pie
American Tolstoy
Time to proclaim the greatness of Herman Wouk, once feted for the sweep of his historical novels
More than a dog’s life
Feed pets what you eat and babies what you hate, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
A Pauline conversion
Christopher Pincher discovers a family wine business in the south east of Sancerre
Crowded House
Thomas Woodham-Smith juggles his work-life balance
Significant others
Selina Todd reviews Female Husbands, by Jen Manion
The key to self-care
Claudia Savage-Gore stays alert and survives by sending the little darlings back to school
Death: a walk in the park
Everyday lies with Theodore Dalrymple
Death of a maestro
Christopher North pays tribute to one of the two great matadors of the Golden Age
Enemy of orthodoxy
Christopher Silvester reviews Groupthink: A Study in Self-Delusion, By Christopher Booker
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.