Shetland Islands
Northerly winds of change
Graham Stewart visits Orkney and the Shetlands to find the islanders keen on independence — from Scotland
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
The big winner of recent opinion polling is despair
As we approach the next election, few people are optimistic about Sunak or Starmer
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”