Table Talk
Black to basics
Hannah Betts on the colour with which you can’t go wrong
Buck fizz
Patrick Galbraith describes the exhilaration of hunting
Marathon maniac
Nick Cohen ran and ran and did himself no good in the process
Terroir to his toes
Christopher Pincher on the warming tones and redcurrant taste of Pernand-Vergelesses Les Fichots
Burgundy bargains
Thomas Woodham-Smith mixes gluttony and business
French with tears
Claudia Savage-Gore bravely faces up to disastrous seven-plus results
Not drinking but drowning
Lisa Hilton sees Venice disappear beneath the flood waters again and fears for the future
Eat well, eat less
Ignore all those food fads, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Keeping it in the family
Christopher Pincher on Michael Fabricant and those who require vineyards to be family-owned
Party pieces
Thomas Woodham-Smith sees out the antique year
Can Reform perform?
A Farage-less Reform campaign began with more of a splutter than a bang
Speak loudly, and carry a small stick
The Tory Party under Rishi Sunak has been all bark and no bite
The first futurist
There is more to Daniel Defoe than Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe
The pain of Sinn Fein
How has support for the party fallen so dramatically?
Why did the Eye look away?
Surely a title known for investigative journalism would be concerned by a series of trans scandals
Reboot camp
In the desperate hunt for stories, adaptations are now all-dominant
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
Are you there God? It’s me, Farage
Nigel Farage bares his soul, but not before he buries his enemies
Why civility matters, even when it’s hard
Swallowing our pride is better than political violence
In defence of emotional voting
We cannot expect voters to think in cold rational terms
Seasonal style
Picking the right outfit for summer socials
