In praise of the fruit of the barley
This is an enthusiastic and fluent guide to the world of beer, with an understanding that what makes it such a joy is to do with how it makes us feel
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Miriam Cates is right about surrogacy
It is a fundamentally dishonest and exploitative practice
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
The Foreign Office should be rooted in the past
Who and what is it for, if not the British people, and our history and culture?
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
