Table Talk

Water wolf

Patrick Galbraith on the promise -and the pain-of a pike that got away

A little world of death

Christopher North says the decline of bull fighting is greatly exaggerated

A stroll in the park

Nick Cohen loves the weekly run that insists it’s not a race

Amuse Bouche

Lisa Hilton finds a French-inspired retreat for flagging flâneurs in Shepherd’s Bush

Lobsters for Lent

Abjure fasting for good deeds, says Felipe Fernández- Armesto

Velvet Revolution

Exploring Czech wine in Prague

Fairs and fair dealing

Thomas Woodham-Smith listens with caution

Hello sailor suit

Hannah Betts buccaneers into spring in nautical style

The horror! The horror!

Claudia Savage-Gore dreads the double hell of two PTA events

King Ratter

Patrick Galbraith hunts with a terrier brought back from the brink