Spring
Spring to life
April in London has a number of operatic things that look kind of fun
Earthly pleasures
The thrill of digging up — and eating — the first new potatoes of the year
Going nuts in May
There is no dish that is not improved by hazelnuts
Steam and cedar
How to moth-proof your carefully curated personal V&A
As easy as pie plant
How to pamper your rhubarb patch
Spring into a dress
Hannah Betts welcomes the new season by going “glasual”
Let’s call it a wrap
Hannah Betts is hooked on the insouciance of a vast scarf
Rites of spring
The roar of the mower is a sign of life, says Hephzibah Anderson
Acts of faith
Hephzibah Anderson plants her spring bulbs
Hello sailor suit
Hannah Betts buccaneers into spring in nautical style
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
Belle époque on a plate
The Goring offers a level of enchantment seldom found in the environs of Victoria Station
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
