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Downtown Los Angeles
There’s a certain kind of Englishman who falls hard for Los Angeles. Men such as Graham Nash, who swapped the…
The return of eugenics
Scientists don’t want to use the word. That hasn’t stopped them running ahead with the idea
Referendum rage
Scots know all too well how it feels. The rest of Britain is about to learn
The poetic state of the nation
What I’ve learned from reciting verse in the street
Confessions of a Saga lout
Baby boomers like me aren’t giving up irresponsible hedonism as we age. We’re just getting worse at it
The brain-damage game
In most sports, injuries happen when things go wrong. In boxing, they’re the ultimate goal. It isn’t right
The moths are coming!
After this mild winter, you can expect a clothes-ruining epidemic. They’ve already got my best suit
Florence
Once, it seems, Sandro Botticelli played a trick on a neighbour. Next door was a weaver who possessed eight looms.…
Florence
Once, it seems, Sandro Botticelli played a trick on a neighbour. Next door was a weaver who possessed eight looms.…
The Conservative crack-up
Months after a historic election victory, party unity is in pieces. What can Cameron do about it?
The Clintons made Trump
And that’s why I’ll never vote for Hillary
Why we need migrants
It’s not about economics. It’s about our snobbish, slobbish culture
The price of a cathedral
Deans are facing tough decisions to keep their beautiful buildings in good order
Feedback frenzy
Internet surveys have killed the art of complaint
Feminists for Brexit
Britain is trapped in a bad marriage with the EU. It’s time to leave
Oh, what a lovely Waugh!
My father, Evelyn Waugh, enjoyed pretending to be a horror. He wasn’t
St Petersburg
Looking across the wide Neva from Vasilyevsky Island, the Palace Embankment shimmers in the river, suspended between water and sky.…
St Petersburg
Looking across the wide Neva from Vasilyevsky Island, the Palace Embankment shimmers in the river, suspended between water and sky.…
Who killed murder?
The mystery of violent crime’s dramatic decline
No hiding place
Technology has made murderers much easier to catch
Bored of the dance
At 19, I dropped out of university to pursue a career as a rave promoter. I went into business with…
Desperate straits
The Turkey-EU deal will do nothing to fix the migrant crisis. Just ask the people-smugglers in Istanbul
In praise of PC
Here’s another stock joke for your collection: Pembroke College, Cambridge, has cancelled a fancy dress party themed on Around the…
Vote for freedom!
‘Out’ campaigners picture leaving the EU as a liberation. It wouldn’t be
The Amber express
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd on ending green rackets, supporting Scottish oil and staying in the EU
