Oysters
Alive and undressed
The only way to eat oysters
The call of the wild
Hunting for the pot is now strictly a hobby, but you can fake it, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Gyles Brandreth’s bon mots
An obsession with linguistic and historical marginalia has infected British culture
Eventful afterlife of a visionary genius
Unexpected bit players in Friedrich’s story set this endeavour apart from your average art biography
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Belle époque on a plate
The Goring offers a level of enchantment seldom found in the environs of Victoria Station
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Assisted dying and the suicidal
The culture around assisted dying could aggravate the thoughts of the suicidal
