Features
Lobsters
Lobsters like to live in gullies on the sea floor, or under sand, and I understand how they feel. But…
Cuba libre
Havana There is an astonishing patience in the Cuban people, born of endless waiting. When a store has, say, chicken,…
Letter from Italy
Dante’s Beach, Ravenna My fiery Italian wife Carla is not just a passionate patriot but also a devout Catholic, and…
Boiling point
Professional kitchens have always seemed like pressure cookers: hot, sweaty, stressful. The caricature of a head chef is angry, sweary,…
Big Boris is watching
Has Covid killed the PM’s liberalism?
Lil’ Kim
What’s up with North Korea’s leader?
Stitched up
The Royal Academy, a witch-hunt and me
Skateboarding
I was 12 when I got into skateboarding: the same age as Sky Brown, the youngest member of Team GB’s…
Westminster Notebook
The acting one sees upon the stage doesn’t show how human beings actually comport themselves in crises, but simply how…
Secret weapon
What’s behind Cambridge’s anonymous reporting system?
After the end of history
Tom Holland and Francis Fukuyama on Marxism, football and Trump’s demise
Butt of the joke
Streaking is a great British tradition
Breaking faith
Is this the last chance to save the Church of England
Fellow travellers
Cambridge has been compromised by China
Kompromatt
How I missed the Hancock story
Cake expectations
Afternoon tea has gone OTT
Who cared?
Lockdown killed my mother – and thousands like her
Stage fright
Uncertainty is crippling our cultural life
Pigeon racing
Pigeon racing isn’t much of a spectator sport. Race birds are driven to the ‘liberation point’, where they’re released to…
China’s manhunt
Is anywhere safe for the Uighurs?
Capital gains
Don’t pity me for living in London
The lost legacy
Merkel is leaving the EU in chaos
Blockheads
Why is modern architecture so ugly?
Spin doctors
How the Lancet lost our trust
The Pride flag
Last month, the Pride flag was updated by the Intersex Equality Rights UK campaign group — the simple rainbow was…
