Features
Victims’ justice
Our ancient right to a fair, impartial trial is under threat
The man who broke the silence
How Professor Paul Collier has bypassed the liberal taboo on discussing immigration
Notebook
All eyes on the Philippines this week, and rightly so. Godspeed to those American and British ships making their way…
Union man
Can George Galloway keep Scotland in Britain?
New York: Literary ghost tour
John Gimlette visits the flats and flophouses of great writers
Venice: A feast of great art
Jack Wakefield admires the ravishing legacy of a city’s golden age
Tangier: Hidden treasure
William Cook finds magic in the alleys of the medina
Paris: Parc life
John Laughland wanders the jardins and boulevards
Berlin: The best bar in the world
‘You were at the Fish, I hear,’ a Berlin friend told me. ‘I didn’t know you were an old hippie.’…
St. Petersburg: Off Nevsky Prospect
Thomas Eaton experiences a Russian immersion
Notes on… Motoring in Greece and Italy
‘Buy on the bullets’ is the cry of the most ruthless stockbrokers — invest just before a war, after the…
Ab Fab Britain
The drinkers and smokers of Britain have raised a generation of puritans. How did this happen?
Generation Fear
Family legend has it that when I arrived in Durham, a fresh-faced ingénue from deepest Somerset, I called home. ‘This…
Portraits in cowardice
Like other branches of the liberal establishment, the art world is all for challenging religion – unless it’s Islam
Off your bike!
Why it’s time for a campaign against cycling
Malala’s school wars
It’s not state education but private education she’s fighting for – so why doesn’t the media admit that?
Fragile China
For all its bombast and success, the Chinese Communist party faces a host of looming problems – and a big decision
The new tomb raiders
In Egypt’s turmoil, many ancient sites are being looted
Painting out the past
The discovery of a hoard of lost paintings is a reminder that denial still exists in the German art world
Notes on…Leaf-peeping in Gloucestershire
Don’t delay — this is the year to visit the National Arboretum. Thanks to the long hours of sunlight we…
Rural revolt
The shires feel deeply abandoned by Cameron and the Conservatives
Sandhurst in the sand
Afghanistan’s new, British-led military academy may prove our most lasting legacy
Grave pleasures
How to get the best out of visiting a cemetery
Flirting with disaster
Why can’t British men flirt? This was one of my first thoughts when I arrived in England some years ago.…
They still don’t get it
Ministers are finally acting on my warnings about health tourism. But they aren’t doing enough
