Room Service
Peace in our towns
Fiona Duncan loves the unexpectedly luxurious calm of a city break
Survival of the fittest
Fiona Duncan looks at the winners and losers as the hospitality sector copes with Covid-19
Ye new inne
Fiona Duncan looks forward to post-Covid hospitality
Another country
Fiona Duncan’s post-Covid-19 hotel wish list
Another Country
Fiona Duncan loves hotels that do things differently
The time of my life
Dominic Hilton explains why time itself has become his biggest enemy
That is a renewed Trident deterrent and I am pleased to see you
NATO! I’m absolutely yours! SEATO? Never heard of her!
The Trump administration’s parting blows
There is an ignoble history of outgoing administrations making things harder for their unwelcome successors – and Trump’s departure was no exception
Public Enemy Number whatever
Frederic Raphael defends his friend, the writer Joseph Epstein, latest victim of America’s cancel culture for daring to mock Jill Biden’s doctorate
Classic Dom
See Lee out back about the merch, there’s grenade keyrings and everything
What is the point of the Proms?
The BBC’s new recruitment campaign for the Proms shows a clear disregard for its classical origins
Dear and hateful
Christopher Silvester shows how Konchalovsky has one of the strangest careers in world cinema
The bracing blast of a dissident
In his coverage of Northern Ireland in this memoir, Kevin Myers was unflinchingly critical of British ineptitude
Love, fame, power: the false allure of the celebrity politician
To truly achieve celebrity status and win a place in the nation’s affections you have to give up your political ambitions – just look at Ed Balls
Uncool country
Country music has a frontline place in the culture wars, says Sarah Ditum