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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art