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Swiss cheese
Milly Ffyne shares an excellent but dispiriting fondue in the alpine haunt of the international jet set
Up with the Times
A fond farewell to the countryman’s bible
Chard: an apology
On the rehabilitation of chardonnay
Constitutional row
On the row over a champion hurdler
Michael Powell: an auteur who loved to work with others
In our age of the Saw torture-porn franchise, Peeping Tom still has the capacity to disturb
Rugby’s mismatches
Should the World Cup be smaller?
A boring night in Zaporizhia
Hope and struggle in a city with no time for fatigue
Dear Eddy…
Failing to confront anti-Semitism can allow it to spread
Trust your discomfort
It is wrong to lecture women who feel awkward or unsafe
Rishiversary
How could anyone not like him?
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles