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Notes on…Walking in the Auvergne
The homicidal sheepdog that launched itself at me from behind a grassy hillock, had the look of a demented hearth…
Dangerous medicine
A senior surgeon says Jeremy Hunt’s NHS reforms will do more harm than good
Bordering on insanity
Gibraltar is just one geographical oddity in a world full of them
No more steak tartare?
Stricter food rules won’t make you any safer – but they could ruin many small restaurants
Putin’s own Cold War
Russia is ever more hostile to the US. But the US no longer needs to care
Love-making in Water
Seals — well, they rhyme with steel — can stand the cold. And they can even dive and mate at…
Self-pity doesn’t pay
The ‘intern justice’ movement is preposterous – and damaging
St Tropez Notebook
I recently had to spend a great deal of time attempting to clear my name from a ludicrous assertion in…
Anne Boleyn’s last secret
Why was the queen executed with a sword, rather than an axe?
Notes on….Walking in the Scottish Highlands
The simplest and best way to get straight to the heart of the Highlands from London is by sleeper. Board…
Love-making in Water
Seals — well, they rhyme with steel — can stand the cold. And they can even dive and mate at…
Love-making in Water
Seals — well, they rhyme with steel — can stand the cold. And they can even dive and mate at…
Learn to switch off
Why not give your smartphone a holiday?
A miniature civil war
Events in one Syrian town cast light on the nation’s strife
Bloody Vikings
Forget that guff about peaceful farmers with an interest in travel
Welcome to Big Venice
London is at risk of becoming a tourist trap full of second homes
Nature vs nudists
How a little bird saved my favourite beach
Who’s Who?
Through the ages, the Time Lord has been a political weathervane
Boris vs Theresa
The Mayor of London and the Home Secretary are squaring up for the next Tory leadership battle
Siempre
I am not jealous. If you arrived with a man on your back, or a hundred men hanging in the…
The meat makers
Sooner than you think, all our burgers may be grown in a lab
How to run a revolution
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood should have learnt from Nasser
Bats vs people
They are a protected species – we’re not
The secret fertility service
The strange tale of how 500 women were helped to conceive after the first world war
Be more tortoise
Five lessons from my new pet
