Wine
Drink In to Help Out: Wines from the Western Cape
Henry Jeffreys recommends five wines to support South Africa’s wine industry as it recovers from the aftermath of the pandemic
Homage to Andalucía
Inspired by Withnail and I, Christopher Pincher delves into fine sherry
Steven Spurrier: A class act of the wine world
Steven Spurrier, a British wine expert and a fixture at all London tastings, died this week at the age of 79
From Pontypool to Pauillac
Christopher Pincher takes us through the Labour Party’s beverages of choice
Obscure Rhone hunting
If in doubt while perusing a strange wine list, choose a bottle from France’s red wine powerhouse
Burgundy week doesn’t have to be cancelled
Red or white, these Burgundys are the kind of joyous wines that make life a little more bearable
What wine meant to Roger Scruton
Sir Roger Scruton moved through personal tragedy and objective philosophy to justify wine as a “social intoxicant”
Ring in the new…please
Krug is king: Christopher Pincher on the perfect champers to brighten your family bubble through the dark winter months
Into the festive spirit
Christopher Pincher enjoys a 2009 Margaux in a dining room steeped in historical scandal
Vintage volume: The Story of Wine
The story of wine is a glorious story which illuminates the topics of more conventional histories
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets
The callousness of the virtue signallers
The response to a young singer’s death exposed the cruelty of the self-consciously virtuous
