Table Talk
When in Spain…
…gorge on Iberian delicacies
Posh pinks
Upscale rosés sans biodynamic woo-woo, please
Bits and pieces
Can the digital age can demystify the art world?
Real pond life
There is a simple way to foster biodiversity
The Golden Age of jockeys
Ryan Moore is most racing professionals’ idea of the best jockey in the world
Pop on a party hat
Jazz up your wardrobe with perfect headwear
“Nympho” rides again
Mental housemistresses and banners displaying children in boaters
Moroccan gold
Enjoy some of the finest food ever eaten at the exquisite Farasha Farmhouse
Hand to mouth
Delicacy, of unknown origins, makes us reluctant to pull plums with our thumbs
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend
Most Read
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Is football hooliganism fashionable?
As violence returns to Edgware Road, official insistence that two-tier policing is a myth looks increasingly difficult to sustain
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
The limits of localism
Why Andy Burnham’s localism agenda has a lot more to do with rhetoric than reality
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
How broad should a broad church be?
A party needs borders or it becomes meaningless
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
It’s time for Fifexit
Ed Davey is right — the FA and UEFA should quit FIFA