Fishing
The folly of turning our backs to the sea
Britain’s neglect of its maritime heritage has left many coastal towns impoverished
Spare the rod, spoil the wild
The attack on angling is misguided
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
Funny old game
What would Big Jack have made of today’s shoots?
Fishing with Ted Hughes
A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels
Playing the game
The grey areas of the law: trying to lead a life on the right side of The Poaching Act
Is Britain winning the fishing wars?
Patrick O’Flynn and David Scullion discuss where British fishing stands post-Brexit
Crake and ales
Patrick Galbraith hears a rare bird but fails with the rod
Sex and the singular fisherman
Pike abound in British rivers yet are seldom caught for the table
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic