Travel
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
Storylines
Tom Chesshyre finds hidden tales on the platforms
Another Country
Fiona Duncan loves hotels that do things differently
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines