Table Talk
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
Modus shoperandi
Hannah Betts says it’s the shopping you’re buying, not the outfit
Spare the spoons
Claudia Savage-Gore hates the school holidays with three children underfoot
Stag do
Patrick Galbraith takes a shot at deer stalking
Pumping irony
Nick Cohen says you don’t need to join a gym to get fit