Table Talk
Creeping mediocrity
A dismal lunch at a chain restaurant woefully short of theatreland glamour
Back to slacks
Trousers are where it’s at this autumn
A peppery encounter
Try perfectly-charred Pimientos de Padrón
The samba spirit
On cachaça, pisco and the pick of South American spirits
Dirty business
The myriad wonders of garden soil
We missed the bus
Dreams of dispensing with the school run
100 per cent marvellous
Enjoying a simple but stylish lunch at the Polizzi Collection’s latest hotel in East Sussex
Monarchs of the fen
Stalking muntjac and fallow deer in Lincolnshire
A whole pot of Rosie
Drinks for a downpour
Ride-sharing
The joys of owning (part of) a racehorse
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
