Patrick Galbraith enjoys a frustrating day with dog and gun

Don’t look a gift train in the mouth

With Labour again promising to talk in a language that the voters can understand, a new book asks whether the party’s historical myths are the problem

Bad policies and the ‘twilight of democracy’ are not the same thing

Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the role of the queen in British and European history

David Smith recalls past conflicts between the Palestinians and the Israelis, and a special friend who kept him alive

Lois McLatchie on the Christian beliefs that are becoming Euro-crimes

Arabella Byrne asks if the modern world still has room for artistic outlaws

Christopher Pincher celebrates the return of warm summer nights with a taste of Provence — and the finest rosé in the world

A mild-mannered magazine editor fights for truth, justice and decent wallpaper