Cake

The magic of Danish dream cake

26 July 2025 9:00 am

I am, for the most part, a rule follower and a people pleaser. It’s one of the reasons I love…

In defence of red velvet cake

8 March 2025 9:00 am

I will admit to having been dismissive of red velvet cake in the past, considering it to be bland in…

Small mercies: Dead-End Memories, by Banana Yoshimoto, reviewed

3 August 2024 9:00 am

Rape, poisoning, child abuse and betrayal feature in Yoshimoto’s dramatic stories – but gratitude and forgiveness run alongside sadness, stitched in the same cloth

Have we reached peak human rights?

7 January 2022 2:30 am

After the Colston debacle, you might be forgiven for having missed the other legal story that broke this week. The…

Emma Thompson’s wrong, and not just about the EU

20 February 2016 9:00 am

At first glance, Emma Thompson’s intervention in the Brexit debate earlier this week didn’t make much sense. Asked at the…