Yellow fever
Every prime minister has at least one guilty pleasure; Rishi Sunak has several. Colleagues tease him for his taste in…
Alice in gastroland
The Alice lives in a ground-floor room of the Randolph Hotel in Oxford, which venerates the fantastical and the savage,…
Wrong but not ‘harmful’
Three years ago this week marked my first misgivings about the government’s Covid lockdown. Sure, I was late to that…
Can Raducanu rally?
Who can turn lying on a hospital gurney into a photo op? Emma Raducanu can, of course – beaming as…
Electric dreams
A couple of years ago I thought seriously about buying an electric car. Not a hybrid, but the full monty.…
Meet Millennial Millie
An election looms and political parties are already talking ‘voter demographics’. Every few years, the wonks of Westminster pick a…
Wild life
The Farm, Laikipia I realised the worst drought of this generation was at last over this morning when two Samburu…
Real life
If we cram any more doctors into our spare rooms we can put a sign outside advertising NHS accommodation. We…
Cheap and cheerful
Fulfilling its sacred duty to serve regions that higher culture tends to avoid, Birmingham Royal Ballet made a midweek visit…
‘Painting was always waiting for me’
Claudia Massie talks to the botanical painter Emma Tennant about grief, finding success later in life, and her love of twigs
