Polenta is the perfect foil for so many hearty dishes
If ever I want a real hug of a dinner – a soft, hearty bowlful to fall into at the end of a long week – I…
Would you want to know if you’re going to get Alzheimer’s disease?
Medical ethicists draw some parallels between knowing you are at high risk of Alzheimer’s and Huntingdon’s disease, an incurable neurological disorder caused by a single gene defect…
I was allowed to transition at 18 without question – but I regretted it
The debate about trans identities and gender dysphoria has become very polarised – even for those of us who have lived through it. When the Government announced…
Angela Merkel doesn’t deserve a quiet retirement
She was hailed as the world’s most powerful woman, the de facto leader of Europe and, for a while, of the free world. For 16 years Angela…
Nicola Sturgeon is taking a leaf from the Donald Trump playbook
Donald Trump has given a lot more to modern politics than non-existent walls, alleged electoral fraud, and misogynist soundbites. Across the globe there have arisen politicians who,…
In defence of non-doms
In politics, like sports, momentum matters. The same blow one might shrug off if the fight is going your way can floor you if it isn’t. So…
The Taliban knows exactly what a woman is
An odd phenomenon has taken hold of our political class. Politicians of all persuasions have forgotten not only “what women are” but also basic facts about human…
Macron’s presidency has been a lamentable failure
The French are going to the polls again. And once again I get to make my traditional prediction for the results. Which is that whoever wins, the…
Liz Truss’s days of emulating Margaret Thatcher are over
She became known in Westminster as the Minister for Instagram after posting elaborate photo opportunities on social media. But Liz Truss’s PR antics are being dialled down…
The status quo on NHS cancer care is no longer tenable
It is an uncomfortable fact for those who like to claim that the NHS is the envy of the world: Britain’s health outcomes are poor when compared…
Rishi Sunak was simply deluded to think his wife’s tax status was irrelevant to his job
They called it “la loi Macron”. Back in 2015, when he was still the French economy minister, Emmanuel Macron passed a law that, among other things, extended…
William Sitwell reviews Jöro, Sheffield: ‘It might be one of the great restaurants of the world’
Approach from one direction, and the location of Jöro looks like a makeshift shelter on the edge of some wasteland. Shipping containers are piled high, windowless and…
The best red wines under £30 to serve with Easter lunch
Like many of us, I spend time with family at Easter and my approach to wine-buying is to treat it like a mini-Christmas. Or perhaps it’s more…
I dread Sunday lunches with my husband and his father. Is it my job to be peacemaker?
Dear A&E, My husband and his father don’t get on. My father-in-law is traditional, went to boarding school at seven and sees feelings as a sign of…
Is Jack Grealish the new David Beckham?
Until now, the only Jack synonymous with Gucci was Jackie Onassis, for whom the house famously made a handbag that became the calling card for its Dolce…
Russia’s super rich v Chanel: is there ever such a thing as bad publicity?
In what must surely qualify as the most tone-deaf protest of all time, Russian Putinistas have taken to social media to vent their fury – not at…
Friday evening news briefing: Civilians killed as they tried to flee
Sport briefing: Masters second round – live Rory McIlroy found himself in a depressingly familiar position as he got his second round of the 86th Masters under…
Britain to send armoured vehicles to bolster Ukraine’s fightback against Russian onslaught
Britain will send armoured vehicles including Mastiff patrol cars to Ukraine to bolster its defences ahead of a renewed Russian onslaught, the Defence Secretary has announced. Ben…
Imran Khan back on the brink of defeat after supreme court loss
Imran Khan again faces being turfed out of power after the nation’s supreme court ruled Pakistan’s parliament should be restored so that he can face a no-confidence…
Joe Biden’s top generals say he is wrong to cancel new submarine nuclear missile amid Russian threat
The Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear [SLCM-N] programme was proposed in 2018 by Donald Trump’s administration. Mr Biden has decided against it in his forthcoming Nuclear Posture Review, which…
Ukraine afternoon briefing: Five developments as death toll from Kramatorsk rocket strike climbs to 50
4. Russia sends neo-Nazi mercenaries to Ukraine Neo-Nazi mercenaries known for their brutality in conflicts in Syria and the 2014 war in Crimea have been deployed by…
Somalia risks a repeat of 2011 famine as drought tightens its grip on Horn of Africa
Other NGOs, including Action Against Hunger, Medair and Save the Children, said their programmes were also stretched thin – meaning a critical opportunity to avert a famine…
Marine Le Pen receives hero’s welcome as she gains ground on Emmanuel Macron in final flurry
“An electoral contest is a confrontation of ideas and projects, not a fight,” she said, adding that she wanted a “a tranquil France, a serene France, a…
Israel’s leader vows ‘no limits’ in war against terror after three killed by Palestinian attacker
Around a thousand Israeli troops, including special forces, went door-to-door in Dizengoff as they searched houses. They eventually confronted the attacker in the Jaffa district where he…
‘I tied myself to a post to sleep’: Basement prison discovered where 100 people were kept for a month
A Ukrainian man has described tying himself to a railing to sleep standing up in a harrowing testimony following a month locked in a basement by Russian…