Fassona
The Piedmontese job
Enjoying the silky and lean Italian Fassona beef in Turin and Kensington
The handmaid’s fail
Margaret Atwood trashes her legacy
Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows
Solar energy is a pipe dream — if Europe is serious about net-zero, we should invest in nuclear
FOR IMMEDIATE USELESSNESS
Hutton OUT; Roger Knapman IN
Martyrs of the new religion
If transgenderism is a postmodern quasi-religion, then today is its most holy day
What’s ugly, basic and has no walls?
The ExploreStation initiative has produced a nowhere-design which serves nobody
The emperors’ new clothes
Beard emerges with a portrait of the emperors’ afterlives as vivid as the busts themselves
Everlasting beauty
Dried flowers are back in vogue, says Hephzibah Anderson
London Nights (Capriccio)
Intelligent and well played though it is, Franziska Lee’s album of Londonoid piano pieces can’t make a bad sonata better
The BBC can’t help taking sides
Planned Parenthood is a “rights groups”, pro-lifers want to deny “abortion care”
Reshuffle Live
Liz Truss replaces Dominic Raab as Foreign Secretary
Solem Quartet: The Four Quarters (Orchid)
The Solem Quartet are my frontrunners for the best new talent in 2021