Animals
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
Backing horses
Britain should value a homegrown success story
A teenager, strangers and a pair of apes
Spend time inside the mind of your most eccentric, sometimes maddening friend
Is nature non-binary?
Enby birds and promiscuous plants are all part of a long history of dragging humans down to the level of beasts
Gunning for shooting
Why field sports are so misunderstood
Lions, lies and legislation
The harms of trophy hunting have been exaggerated
Lavender letters
Bozza has left the building
Beauties and the beasts
Our urge to anthropomorphise animals obscures the fact that we are all part of the same complex ecosystem
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
