Features
Divided, we stand
Anglicans need to agree to disagree
Pills to post
The antivirals taskforce is at the ready
Top model
An alternative to Sage’s worst-case scenario
Gold
After taking James Bond hostage, Auric Goldfinger does what all Bond villains do when in a position of power —…
Best of the Blob
Who would be picked for its 1st XV?
‘You’re brilliant, darling’
Joan Collins and Taki on golden Hollywood, fist-fights and getting cancelled
Gus and his mate Mark
A short story by Lissa Evans
What’s your favourite children’s novel?
J.K. Rowling Poignant, funny and genuinely scary, The Hundred and One Dalmatians was one of my favourite books as a…
Chief Rabbi’s Notebook
Reactions to the recent passing of F.W. de Klerk transported me back to my childhood in South Africa. The horror…
Christmas trees
The closest thing we have to a native Christmas tree is the often broccoli-shaped Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). But the…
Ghosts of Christmas past
A chilling Victorian tradition
Stones notebook
I’ve lived in Chelsea for the past 35 years. Since 2002, I’ve photographed everything I find interesting here — churches,…
New arrivals
What happens to Afghan migrants when they reach the UK?
The foreseeable future
How science fiction can prepare us for what happens next
Brambles, buttress, sky
The tiny charity that saves derelict churches from destruction
Reality check
The philosopher David Chalmers on whether the universe is a simulation
Sense and sensibility
Steven Pinker and Rory Sutherland on reason vs instinct
Actress’s notebook
After being landlocked for the past 18 months, it was a particular thrill to set off to film in three…
Illustrator’s notebook
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Musician’s notebook
My mother died earlier this year aged 85. She left me her old pianola. These were popular in the 1920s…
Novelist’s notebook
In Hatchards for the launch of Andrea Rose’s catalogue raisonné of Leon Kossoff’s oil paintings. It’s bad for the morale…
Royal Notebook
A few weeks ago, a newspaper carried a rather mundane story about some personnel changes at my charity, Sarah’s Trust,…
Losing his grip
Can Boris take back control of No. 10?
The Medici model
Michael Gove on levelling up, Plan B and the price of politics
Letter from America
If the revolution won’t be televised, the counter-revolution will at least be on PowerPoint. A series of 36 corporate-style PowerPoint…
