Italy
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
Europe between the Seine and the Tiber
It is time for Paris and Rome to rethink sovereignty and their relationship with the EU
Merchants of the Venice Biennale
For all its pretentiousness, the Venice Biennale still hints towards higher truths
Puckish polymath
Italo Calvino’s imagination spanned the cosmos but his concerns were very human
The Venice Architecture Biennale
Geopolitical challenges produce impressive art
Same beach, same sea
Rainy beaches and protests in Venice, and dance and sunshine in the South Downs as Britain and Italy trade places
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
