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Violets
The English Rock Garden, the magnum opus of the great gardening writer, horticulturist and plant collector Reginald Farrer, is an…
A Ukrainian’s notebook
Palm Sunday in Perugia. Umbrians were scuttling around with twigs and leaves, but I was in town to celebrate another…
Russia’s special relationship
Why so many African leaders support Putin
Easter lamb
Greek-style marinated lamb, Greek salad and tzatziki
‘Putin still has a lot left to lose’
Niall Ferguson and David Petraeus on Russia’s mistakes, Xi’s plans and the lessons of Iraq
Toxic Patriarch
How Putin weaponised the Russian Orthodox church
Cross to bear
Can Russia ever atone for Putin’s sins?
Hell’s kitchens
When did they get so expensive?
War crimes
The politics of prosecution
The law of war
Conflict has always had its limits
Ever decreasing circles
The decline of male friendship
The Wolseley
I was sitting alone at a small table in the Wolseley, Piccadilly, waiting for my supper and feeling a sense…
Europe’s last dictator
The fate of Lukashenko depends on Ukraine
The faultline
It’s the progressives vs the populists, Macron vs Orban
Sturgeon’s secret state
Holyrood is one of the most opaque regimes in the democratic world
Not out
Can Imran Khan cling on to power in Pakistan?
Author’s notebook
On the day before my seventh birthday, which I spent at my grandma’s in Yorkshire, a young man named Raymond…
Crisp sandwiches
A crisp sandwich is a private and personal endeavour. In my experience (and I have considerable experience in this particular…
Social capital
Covid has changed London for the better
GI Joe
Is Biden’s approach to the war more calculating than it seems?
Islands story
Life on the Falklands, 40 years on
Unholy war
The destruction of Ukraine’s churches
Gull power
These ‘endangered’ birds are taking over
All the rage
Aggression is everywhere in New York
The Ukrainian connection
Dmitry Firtash wants to help with the war effort — but can we trust him?
