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Dachshunds
Short of leg but big on personality, the eccentrically shaped dachshund is one of Britain’s most beloved pets. Originally known…
Poet’s notebook
Living, as Clive James put it, under a life sentence, and having refused chemotherapy, I find I respond to the…
Folie de grandeur
Macron’s global posturing may prove to be his downfall
The fall guy
Tom Hayes, Libor and a miscarriage of justice
Strip club
Why men of a certain age love to get naked
Breathe easy
How respiratory viruses evolve to become milder
Hot desking
Why work from home when you can work from paradise?
Putin’s echo chamber
Has the Russian President gone mad?
Tsar Vladimir
To appreciate Putin’s intent, you only have to look at Russian history
War games
Is Putin playing with the western press?
So long, P.J.
Fond memories of the great satirist
War and peace
How Putin bewilders the West
Alliance of disruptors
The growing bond between Moscow and Beijing
‘I fear people adapt too much’
The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer on how to stay ahead of the algorithms
Sick jokes
Medics need black humour
Untying the knot
The rise of lesbian divorce
Russian roulette
Is Moscow’s bluff backfiring?
Whistling
There was, at least until recently, an old sign round the back of the Savoy banning whistling by staff or…
Carp
All anglers are obsessive, but carp fishers are the most single-minded of all. They think nothing of spending weeks on…
Coming up roses
Kenya’s flower growers have a busy time ahead
Shadows of Macron
Could Valérie Pécresse become France’s first female president?
Grapes of wrath
Don’t deny me my communion wine
Cop out
Constant castigation is harming the police force
Speak easy
The secretive art of speechwriting
Waiting game
Who really controls the NHS?
