Travel
Altogether enough enjoyment
Venice after people
Raphael & Rome after Lockdown
For art lovers, now is the perfect time to visit The Eternal City
Keep your luxury hotels
It’s the cheap and cheerful taverns that offer a home for any traveller
Flight COVID-19 is now boarding
The grimness of my flight to Delhi bespoke the special cruelty of this crisis
Does the Mediterranean have a common culture?
And did its modern tourist industry develop naturally? Graham Stewart discusses with Professor Jeremy Black
Failing to escape Brexit in Buenos Aires
You can’t escape entitled Brits whingeing about Brexit, even in Argentina. But you may encounter the ghosts of Nazis
How I discovered Art and Architecture
Daniel Johnson reflects on the great discoveries of his youth
The Grand Tour – what the British got up to abroad
Looking back on the Georgian European vacation with the historian Jeremy Black
The book to read if you’re intent on visiting Sri Lanka
A S H Smyth on Andrew Fidel Fernando’s Upon a Sleepless Isle, winner of the 2019 Gratiaen Prize
When in Romania…
Christopher Pincher explores the Wine Ambassador restaurant and emporium in Bucharest
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
