Table Talk
Bits and pieces
Can the digital age can demystify the art world?
Posh pinks
Upscale rosés sans biodynamic woo-woo, please
“Nympho” rides again
Mental housemistresses and banners displaying children in boaters
Hand to mouth
Delicacy, of unknown origins, makes us reluctant to pull plums with our thumbs
So many art fairs, so little time
On the forums that bring together dealer and buyer
Food for thought
Is it worth trapping the squirrels in my London garden?
Reasons to be cheerful
Ten things that are wonderful about British racing
Don’t ask WhatsApp
Millions of messages, and sick of it
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend
Tee is for trend
Banish your inner Ted with a t-shirt
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Toasting a maestro
Stranded passengers emerged bewildered into the night of the living dead
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
