Table Talk
The final frontier
Christopher North says bullfighting thrives in a culture where death is discussed, not hidden
Kisses in the dark
Choose ambience over aphrodisiacs for Valentine’s Day says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Primary sauces
Lisa Hilton savours a timeless French bistro in Pimlico that displays no timidity with the ladle
Diego Maradona was not a victim
We have no sense of the tragic, only of victimhood, says Theodore Dalrymple
Ring in the new…please
Krug is king: Christopher Pincher on the perfect champers to brighten your family bubble through the dark winter months
The red hand gang
Patrick Galbraith says field sports are a boon for male friendship
The sin of pride
Nick Cohen blames testosterone for his latest sports injury
Ad-vent season
Claudia Savage-Gore fumes over the PTA’s latest “voluntary” wheeze
Britain’s love affair with port
Henry Jeffrey’s recommends a selection of port for Christmas 2020
Anoraks at half-mast
Tom Chesshyre on the death of a train-spotters’ paradise
How to scotch independence
Can and should the Supreme Court decide the UK border?
What could Harry and Meghan learn from history?
Have the Duke and Duchess of Sussex traded short-term PR advantage for the sake of their future reputations?
Vaccine passports and the recalibration of social ethics
Vaccine passports would undermine one of the most fundamental rights in a civilised society: autonomy over one’s own body
Using the Force against wokeness: A galactic scandal for Disney
The cancellation of Gina Carano proves that freedom of expression in Hollywood is increasingly under threat
Thatcher and me
From Finchley Grammar to Jerusalem, Moscow, and Washington: David Smith recalls his lifelong association with Margaret Thatcher
Faith Masks
The ideological significance of face masks, the new vestiture of the faithful
The problem with American isolationism
Despite the histrionics of domestic American opinion, a single rocket attack in Syria does not indicate that Biden’s foreign policy is likely to be more aggressive
The identity politics of terrorism
When will the government tackle its own deniers of Jihadi terrorism?
The FARC and me
David Smith recalls time spent with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia: the most murderous army of insurrection in Latin America’s modern history
Cancelled, Irish style
The truth about woke witchhunts is that there is no ethic of forgiveness in this religion