Gran Premio di Merano
My Italian Stallion
The winning jockey receives a splendid silver cup and a very Sud-Tirol basket of apples
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There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken