Aubergine parmigiana
In the middle of an unpredictable Indian summer, here is a recipe from sultry southern Italy which is suitable for…
The myth of male privilege
A few weeks ago I had a crack at coming up with my own sociological ‘law’ and my first effort…
Classical notebook
A pang of melancholy as I detach the Royal Albert Hall pass from my BBC lanyard. I had a similar…
Secrets for sale
Like all hacks, I sometimes wonder whether I should just screw my self-esteem, do a Jonathan Freedland and start writing…
Mexico’s progressive hell
Every morning I check to see if Rodrigo Iván Cortés has published the ‘apology’ that the court in Mexico has…
Barometer
Get out of jail There were 8 prison escapes in the year to March. All were recaptured within a month.…
Glorious data dump
At the beginning of the 1980s a former ice-cream salesman called Ted Perry drove a London minicab to raise money…
Gone girl
Anthropology is a drama about artificial intelligence that starts as an ultra-gloomy soap opera. A suicidal lesbian, Merril, speaks on…
Poetry please
It’s now been ten years since Seamus Heaney died, and after a great poet’s death it’s natural, I suppose, that…
Jumping for joy
One could soundly advise any choreographer to avoid music so transcendentally great in itself that dance can add nothing except…
Doors of perception
Sliding doors may change your life, but there’s no mystery in their transparency. A hinged wooden door is another matter;…
Aussie rules
Why is Australian MasterChef so much better than the English version? You’d think, with a population less than a third…
Real life
‘Ukraine Family – Welcome You,’ said the ungrammatical sign at the entrance to the car park of our favourite West…
