Features
Adoption begins at home
Pity the refugees, but think of our own abandoned children
France’s fight on the right
The leaders of the Républicains avoid Le Pen’s coarse language, but many offer similar immigration policies
Lethal temptation
As a GP, I felt the lure of euthanasia. That’s why I oppose the Assisted Dying Bill
Out of the ashes
Our firefighters have less and less to do. So why shouldn’t they help overstretched ambulance services?
Monumental heroes
Syrians, Libyans and Malians are risking their lives to save ancient treasures from Islamists – with shamefully little help from us
The perfect pub
Whenever one of those news stories appears about how many pubs have been forced to close in the last year,…
Hermit
Let’s celebrate the solitary meal: the serendipitous trawl through the fridge; the hopeful foray into the deep freeze, the obliging…
The perfect pub
Whenever one of those news stories appears about how many pubs have been forced to close in the last year,…
Hermit
Let’s celebrate the solitary meal: the serendipitous trawl through the fridge; the hopeful foray into the deep freeze, the obliging…
The Corbyn enigma
How do you solve a problem like Jezza?
Surviving the purge
Labour’s centrist forces could take years to recover. Or forever
Labour’s iron lady?
An interview with Yvette Cooper
Forget Chilcot
What we really need is an inquiry into why so many of us are so eager to support ‘humanitarian’ wars
Summer’s end
Hedonism, tragedy and me
Mealybug Nymphs, Gossamer
after Robert Hooke, Micrographia (1665) A warm wall, heavy leaves, hard green grapes and a cluster of…
How to build a school
Lessons from the first year of our specialist maths school
Green with rage
Environmental nannying is wrecking my beloved Bristol
Venice Notebook
Almost all of Venice’s greatest treasures are on public view. Anyone who visits can look across from the Doge’s Palace…
Dublin
What a delight it is to toy with a wooden newspaper-holder rather than a smartphone, tucked away in the cosy…
Mealybug Nymphs, Gossamer
after Robert Hooke, Micrographia (1665) A warm wall, heavy leaves, hard green grapes and a cluster of…
Dublin
What a delight it is to toy with a wooden newspaper-holder rather than a smartphone, tucked away in the cosy…
Mealybug Nymphs, Gossamer
after Robert Hooke, Micrographia (1665) A warm wall, heavy leaves, hard green grapes and a cluster of…
Death watch
If you don’t think legalising ‘assisted dying’ is a slippery slope, you haven’t been paying attention
The Matador
The matador scowled at the back of the bar, and sipped his beer. He wanted to stab the people who…
Last orders
The fight to save the Gladstone Arms is the fight to save London
