Issue: December 2020

No rainbow-painting child could possibly understand the relative performance, good or bad, of the NHS

I have been de-platformed by Titania types and accused of every single phobia listed here

You will search in vain for a new life of any rocker who made his name after the advent of punk

Would I read it if the subject wasn’t famous? One has to say yes, with chips and curry sauce

Christopher Pincher enjoys a 2009 Margaux in a dining room steeped in historical scandal

There is a concerted attempt to reconstruct what children are taught about their history

The author is evenhanded and accurate about the nouvelle cuisine movement, says Paul Levy

A pared-back Christmas means we can at last bin the big bird, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Andrew Tettenborn says we should be able to hear, read and say what we want without the threat of undemocratic human rights law

You wait ages for a decent Irish cookbook, then two arrive together, says Melanie McDonagh