Christmas food
Feasting on Christmas Eve
Luxury tastes for the festive season
Leader of the year™
Might match-fixing explain Kemi Badenoch’s questions at PMQs?
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
