Table Talk
The moment of truth
We need to be honest about the reality of the kill
Tip? Don’t bet on it
Stephen Pollard: he’s not the man the bookies fear
Mama mia!
Claudia Savage-Gore angsts about being interviewed on a chi-chi website
The brats who ruin brunch
Brunch provides the luxurious pleasure of a relaxed mid-morning meal until the ankle-biters arrive
In a poet’s footsteps
A trip to Ted Hughes’s “loneliest place”
First past the post
The Critic’s Racing Awards
Jotting and plotting
Real gardeners need to keep a journal
The real McCoy
With a little effort, haggis can be a real treat
The man who liberated the Ritz
David Bruce: “the last American aristocrat” renowned for his oenophilia
Happy Gothmas
Get your festive Morticia Addams on
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
13 Years Later
Who could be inspired by this zombie conservatism?
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
Sunak stumbles
The Prime Minister spent half of the afternoon trying to extract his foot from his mouth
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?
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
