Ted Hughes
Fishing with Ted Hughes
A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie