Countryside
Another country
The tales that show how rural life has changed
Save this Severn heaven
A property developer has an idyllic and precious plotland development in his sights
Rabbit, run
Patrick Galbraith enjoys a frustrating day with dog and gun
Friggitelli with Rosie
Lisa Hilton falls for the rustic charms and continental cuisine of a perfect English pub
Splendid isolation
Patrick Galbraith laments the increasing loneliness of rural life
Wonderful call of the wild
Macdonald’s prose is full of resonance and beauty, apposite delicacy and memorable evocations, says Matthew Adams
It takes all sorts
Patrick Galbraith on rural racism and the fear of outsiders
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
Liz Truss was right but naive
She grasped the scale of Britain’s plight but misunderstood the nature of power
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
