Summer
Don’t mock the Med mindset
What the Spanish have lost in international relevance, they make up in appreciating life
Steam and cedar
How to moth-proof your carefully curated personal V&A
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
Get rid of Rishi
Sunak hanging on can only make things worse for the Conservatives and worse for Britain
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
