Shopping
Maxxed out
Battling imposter syndrome in the brave new world
The catalogues of Christmas past
The great London department store Gamages was the British Amazon of its day
Shock of the new
Thomas Woodham-Smith frets about how to handle real, live customers
Emerging from Sri Lanka’s lockdown: a morning at Colombo’s booksheds
A S H Smyth pays a visit to one of his favourite places in Colombo
Modus shoperandi
Hannah Betts says it’s the shopping you’re buying, not the outfit
It’s a 10 from me
Lunching at one of Soho’s finest as it celebrates a decade of unassuming excellence
Love letter to the printed word
On the material culture of the book
Flying into folly
A no-fly zone in Ukraine would result in utter disaster
Send in the spivs
War offers so much more in the way of profitable procurement than even the pandemic
The Great Vladsby
Like Gatsby, Putin’s self-destructive nostalgia will be his undoing
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
Singing the Blues
The Varsity Match and Boat Race are no longer part of our sporting conversation
Challenging abortion shouldn’t be a crime
Shutting down pro-life protest restricts women’s freedom
Fishing with Ted Hughes
A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels
Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber works (BIS)
The British composer — still writing at 87 years of age — is an acquired taste
A bitter brew from darkest Peru
Iain Sinclair on the trail of his Victorian ancestor