Tourism
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
From commemoration to cosplay
We are losing sight of what we claim to be remembering
Underselling Ulster
Northern Ireland should be bolder in promoting itself
Declining figures
British museums and galleries have yet to recover from Covid.
Holidays take a pounding
An entertaining new history of British tourism is well timed
Why I still travel with my Rough Guide
The series has no equal
In defence of package holidays
Uno beero por favor!
Dreaming of la dolce vita in the deep freeze
A cultural renaissance is underway in a region once synonymous with Stalin’s brutal gulags
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
The never-ending question
Jonathan Gullis may still be in the middle of his parliamentary question
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
