Portrait of the week

18 February 2023 9:00 am

2592: Uncle Victor

18 February 2023 9:00 am

The unclued Across lights were of a kind, as are the unclued Down lights now. All are verifiable in Brewer…

That’s amore

18 February 2023 9:00 am

In Competition No. 3286, you were invited to submit a toe-curling Valentine poem to Harry, or to the love object…

Puzzle no. 739

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Bidding one’s time

18 February 2023 9:00 am

State of the Union

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation as First Minister of Scotland comes at a critical moment for the Union, since the question of…

Faggot

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Culinary art

18 February 2023 9:00 am

The Mount St Restaurant lives above the Audley Public House on Mount Street, ‘a traditional neighbourhood pub, carefully restored, and…

Dear Mary

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Lamingtons

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Nice try, but England rugby could do better

18 February 2023 9:00 am

The first two rounds of the Six Nations have exploded across the sporting landscape insuperlative – draining displays of skill…

The Battle for Britain

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Mark Steyn and the free-speech question

18 February 2023 9:00 am

James Delingpole and I had a blazing row on our weekly podcast on Monday. We were discussing the recent departure…

Paper dragons

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Is Chinese science all it’s cracked up to be?

Orcas

18 February 2023 9:00 am

The toxic cult of self-love

18 February 2023 9:00 am

I used to think that the early hours of the morning were for sleeping. Sometimes they might become an extension,…

He who will be obeyed

18 February 2023 9:00 am

University challenge

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Revealed: Aberdeen’s ‘curriculum decolonising’ plans

Barometer

18 February 2023 9:00 am

‘Governments need to grow up’

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Mariana Mazzucato and Rory Sutherland on consultancy’s overreach

Flights of fancy

18 February 2023 9:00 am

How UFOs captured the imagination of America – and the world

Letters

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Schools out Sir: Toby Young is absolutely spot-on in his assessment of the impact of Labour’s plans to put VAT…

Prevent’s radical reading list

18 February 2023 9:00 am

The late Robert Conquest adumbrated three rules of politics. Perhaps the most famous (also known as O’Sullivan’s law) is that…

Why AstraZeneca’s new factory has gone to Dublin

18 February 2023 9:00 am

Bridge

18 February 2023 9:00 am