Nature
Water wolf
Patrick Galbraith on the promise -and the pain-of a pike that got away
Lost elysium of the Cambridge Backs
One of Britain’s most celebrated views will soon be dramatically changed
Buck fizz
Patrick Galbraith describes the exhilaration of hunting
Flying tonight
Patrick Galbraith finds a little bit of Heaven in Hull
Natural health service
Theodore Dalrymple on the naturalness of what we eat
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Religious freedom is back on the agenda
The International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill, currently before parliament, is an important step for securing Britain’s role in promoting religious liberty
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Alan Bates Britain
The case for dramatising every national scandal
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Best bets for Cheltenham
My racing tips for Cheltenham
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
