Travel
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
Storylines
Tom Chesshyre finds hidden tales on the platforms
Another Country
Fiona Duncan loves hotels that do things differently
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
