Issue: October 2021
Cooking the books
Few writers do justice to food, but the exceptions are glorious, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Time for Coco
Hannah Betts pays homage to the ever-chic Chanel
The dram team
Glenturret is a single malt of rare quality and maturity and with the hue of polished mahogany
Tristram and the tyrants
Laurence Sterne’s 250-year-old masterpiece is a radical, riotous celebration of liberty loathed by both Nazis and communists
The M25 is our Maginot Line
Anyone who believes there are biological differences between men and women is literally a Nazi
Long players
As long as the fans are alive, it seems that a band can keep going
Beware of the bull
The post-Covid stock market boom will be brought to an end by rising inflation
In praise of the fruit of the barley
This is an enthusiastic and fluent guide to the world of beer, with an understanding that what makes it such a joy is to do with how it makes us feel
It’s not easy being green…
A border tax on carbon emissions would encourage the markets to solve our green problems
Light and shade of a complex Eden
Rodgers and Cavendish gamely and colourfully attempt both to tell the stories and capture Granada’s long-standing mysterious appeal
