Brookdale
The perfect blend
On the subtle harmony of multi-variety wines
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
Communitarianism hits the ballot box
The local elections provided a glimpse of a future where voting is divided by ethnicity
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
