Table Talk
Requiem for a bad meal
Lisa Hilton mourns the pleasure of good company – even in a cynically awful faux Italian in Berlin
Besieged by abundance
Enliven dull staples with fresh vegetables says Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Left on the rail
Hannah Betts frets about a fashion industry in pandemic deep freeze
All aboard!
Tom Chesshyre picks his favourite British railways
Sins of omission
Taking statistics out of context is a dangerous games, says Theodore Dalrymple
Green shoots
Hephzibah Anderson heads for the allotment
Opening gambits
Christopher North witnesses the start of the bullfighting season
Another country
Fiona Duncan’s post-Covid-19 hotel wish list
A bountiful Baja garden
Lisa Hilton enjoys sublime food and hibiscus margaritas on an enchanting Mexican ranch
Roast lamb of God
A simple, seasonal feast is best, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Britain’s dangerous moment
Protest, pandemic and recession are a reminder of the fine line between civility and chaos
The frock du jour
Joining the dots in search of the The Dress
Flying tonight
Patrick Galbraith finds a little bit of Heaven in Hull
I think therefore I speak very carefully
The law, philosophy and words for male and female
FDR is no hero – he shouldn’t be Boris’s role model
Is Boris’s ‘Rooseveltian’ revival really what the country needs?
Pursued by Furies
Neither Roy Jenkins nor Enoch Powell became prime minister, but they are our two most influential postwar politicians