Summer
Summer ‘drille
Hannah Betts chooses floaty frocks and espadrilles
We’re all in the pink
Christopher Pincher celebrates the return of warm summer nights with a taste of Provence — and the finest rosé in the world
Dancing into Fall
Hannah Betts selects a fabulous, gloom-defying autumn wardrobe
Swap till you drop
Thomas Woodham-Smith enjoys a great trade tradition
The sadder side of summer
Tragedy struck Gustav Mahler, the archetypal summer composer, in 1907
Bored of the Rings
Is it time for the Tolkien industry to give it a rest?
Free to make bad decisions
Surrogacy bans set sexist restrictions on women’s bodies
Fall from grace
This hero of the destitute was airbrushed from history for challenging the oppressive-patriarchy narrative
The call of the wild
Hunting for the pot is now strictly a hobby, but you can fake it, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Solem Quartet: The Four Quarters (Orchid)
The Solem Quartet are my frontrunners for the best new talent in 2021
The classroom culture war
Saving education from the forces that wish to politicise it is one the most important cultural challenges of our time
Speaking truth to power?
Why did Jess Philips revoke her support for a gender critical article?
Sean Lock – the comedian’s comedian
Lock, who has died at the age of 58, was a popular figure on the UK comedy circuit — not bad for someone who described himself as “a miserable, authoritarian guy”
Just as we expected
I am shocked, shocked to find that Covid is going on in here
Study in prejudice
Richard Ingrams’ “roughing up” of G. K. Chesterton begs the question: who is creating a smokescreen around whom?