Dinner
A taste of the times
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is inspired by an old menu
Most Read
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
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life