Despite Covid-19 rates spiking, it was a dormant virus that caught the author out as he tried to venture through Spain

Krapp’s last tape might these days be a collection of WhatsApps and stored Instagram images, muses Anne McElvoy

Nepotism in the arts is very much alive and here to stay

Raphael, as dedicated a lover as he was a painter, died at 37 at the height of his powers and fame, illustrates Michael Prodger

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has failed to live up to its responsibility as an industry leader

Hugh Grant’s acting career has experienced a well-earned renaissance in recent years

The struggles of hiding in a foreign country

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?

Stoddard Martin delves into a world beyond police and courtroom, with its own code of right and wrong, in Gerald Jacobs’s Pomeranski

Graham Stewart and Alexander Larman discuss how the House of Windsor adapts and endures