tasting menu
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam