Issue: November 2021

Now that the BBC has a taste for turning its own scandals into prime time ratings, I’ve wasted no time pitching similarly eye-catching ideas

Why must breakfast be a meal bereft of imagination? Felipe Fernández-Armesto offers an alternative

Will the law protect owners of high-rise flats from happy-snapping tourists?

Although Hermione rarely names names or dishes dirt with quite the enthusiasm that her mother did, then she too has her tales to tell

These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war

The Charity Commission needs to consider its own reputation

An engaging and thoroughly readable new biography on Boris Savinkov

Human Frontiers is an entertaining, zippy read but it feels one layer down from its ostensible subject: big ideas

Just stage Cyrano with a great actor breaking wind in a corner, and we’ll all be happy

Anne McElvoy gives kudos to Cush Jumbo, who has a star’s ability to rise above the inadequacies and shine bright