Cookbooks
Move over Nigella, Nigel and Nadiya
The cookbook of the year was written by an elderly rogue and self-published
A feast, plain and simple
You wait ages for a decent Irish cookbook, then two arrive together, says Melanie McDonagh
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Land of fire and blood
The detours, if at times distracting, are worth the price of this historical journey
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Murders of 2024
Jeremy Black reviews the best (and worst) murders from the last year
Red lines
Fighting Ulster’s flag downgrade
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
