Japan
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Italian lessons
On matching the sauce to the pasta
A leader who loved Japan
How Shinzo Abe and his country resisted stagnation
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
The bacchanalia of Kawanabe Kyōsai
This exhibition at the Royal Academy revels in the artist’s versatility
Russia’s Tsushima moment
Campaign Diary: Putin’s regime is suffering from an old problem — imperial overreach
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
