Joao Vale de Almeida
EU micro-aggressions: should Britain stoop to retaliate?
The EU is about to take legal action against the UK. Can the post-Brexit “special relationship” with Brussels be repaired?
Diplomatic baggage
The EU is now demanding that it has an ambassador of equal standing to any nation state. So is the EU a state after all?
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
The menopause is no joke
It is time to stop being so facetious about women’s health
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
The Age of Twee
Line up and clap for the NHS, wankpuffin
