The turf
When jockey Derek Fox came over from Ireland to join the Scottish stable run by Lucinda Russell and her partner,…
Low life
It took five firemen or pompiers to lift me out of bed, carry me down three narrow flights of stairs…
High life
New York The fact that a sailor on leave cannot whistle at a pretty girl’s legs is scientific proof that…
Watching the time
The horologist Rebecca Struthers takes us on a journey through time-measurement, from a 44,000-year-old bone carving to the modern Rolex
The getting of wisdom
Inherited knowledge saved the indigenous Andaman islanders from the 2004 tsunami. But how will fast-changing data affect our judgment?
King of Jewish comedy
Jeremy Dauber highlights the tension within Brooks of warring Jewish archetypes, personified by Max and Leo in the masterpiece The Producers
Box of tricks
A novel full of surprises weaves together stories of disparate characters – all mysteriously connected to the elderly novelist Dora Frenhofer
Lovable eccentrics
On the anniversary of Hendrix’s death, ageing hippies gather in Lviv to perform a bizarre ritual by a grave marked with his name
Sitting ducks
Aided by documents in the National Archives, Crispin Black challenges the view that the Welsh Guards were to blame for the Bluff Cove disaster
Descent into hell
When Michael Laudor’s schizophrenia spiralled out of control in 1998, it made headline news in America. Jonathan Rosen remembers earlier, happier days with his friend
Pillow talk in Berlin
Heydrich had microphones installed throughout Madam Kitty’s salon in the hope of obtaining ‘useful’ information from visiting diplomats and political rivals
Is there anything safe to eat?
It’s not only junk food we should be wary of, says Olivia Potts. Pretty well everything contains additives – and our five-a-day mantra is costing the Earth
Newsnight stoops to a new low in its climate protest coverage
Has the BBC been invaded by a cabal of Extinction Rebellion protesters who have tied up the Director General in…
Sunak opts for loyalty first in reshuffle
What does Rishi Sunak’s mini-reshuffle reveal? When Nadhim Zahawi was sacked as party chairman, the Prime Minister took his time…
Rishi Sunak distances himself from Raab’s resignation
Rishi Sunak seems keen to stand back from the row about Dominic Raab, offering more of a commentary on it…
Is Dominic Raab really a ‘bully’?
Who is the real victim in the Dominic Raab bullying saga? I know the story is that he was a…
Don’t blame the rain for the drop in high street shopping
Did retail sales really fall in March because of the wet weather? This is the excuse being trotted out by…
Dominic Raab resigns over bullying report
In the last few minutes Dominic Raab has announced that he has resigned from government following the findings of an…
Full text: Dominic Raab’s resignation letter
Dear Prime Minister, I am writing to resign from your government, following receipt of the report arising from the inquiry…
Rishi Sunak knows the Tory rebels are right about small boats
When the Rwanda migrant removals programme was torpedoed by a European judge at a hastily-convened hearing one evening last summer,…
What does Xi Jinping’s recent diplomacy flurry tell us?
Since declaring a decisive victory over the Covid pandemic in February, Chinese President Xi Jinping has engaged in an active diplomacy drive,…
The gap between worlds
The scariest thing about some political debates in Australia is not the polarisation or nastiness that can often arise –…
The Voice would rhyme
There’s a pub somewhere in the Aussie outback which displays a worn and fraying sign: ‘Free beer tomorrow.’ The larrikin…
