Food
The tastes of Tallinn
British cooks could learn a lot from Estonian cuisine
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
Toasting a maestro
Stranded passengers emerged bewildered into the night of the living dead
Robot recipes
Against cooking by algorithm
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Playing God with our grub
Hey, Public Health England, leave our food alone
Athenian ambrosia
Savour a culinary renaissance in Greece
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution