Robert Macfarlane
The ancient pull of troubled waters
Would rivers be better treated by man if they are given legal or spiritual “rights”?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.