Transgenderism
Trans-Korean and proud
Those born in the wrong skin have always been persecuted for living their truth
Virginia, Vita and the resurrection of the taboo of lesbian love
How choosing a trans-woman to read Virginia Woolf’s most intimate words is at odds with the crux of this Charleston Trust event
Have cake. Eat cake. More cake. What cake?
Boris breaks his promises by announcing he has a plan
Is he bovvered?
Boris can do compassion. When he can be bothered.
A Valhalla of remembrance
The National Memorial Arboretum is an ambitious landscape of trees and statuary — but does it work?
Sweet taste of sovereignty
It seems “Global Britain” is smaller and less delicious
Vienna’s hapless missing link
Zemlinsky’s music is arresting and his ideas fertile and diverse, but he often goes unnoticed
Summer ‘drille
Hannah Betts chooses floaty frocks and espadrilles
Infinite enjoyment
Duff Cooper understood wine’s power as ‘firm friend and wise councillor’
Free to make bad decisions
Surrogacy bans set sexist restrictions on women’s bodies
The Piedmontese job
Enjoying the silky and lean Italian Fassona beef in Turin and Kensington
The German threat to English exceptionalism
As England prepare to face the “old enemy” at Wembley, its impact on the nation’s mood — and our wider politics — cannot be underestimated