Food
Vegetarian Vices
The surprising roots of vegetarianism
Eating Shoots And Leaves
A trip to the countryside to nibble nettle-tops
How To Shrinkle A Pike
To pulverise a predator
Pickled Pink
The paradox of pickle prejudice
A Grinch’s Guide
Christmas isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Danish Dreamland
Don’t go to Copenhagen unless you have very high self-esteem: the people are beautiful and the food is world-beating
Where To Stick It
The best places in London to indulge in the subversive joys of smoking
Sailing For Your Supper
Savouring wild Croatian delicacies on a Mediterranean desert island
The Decadence Of Orthorexia
The Hemsley sisters are well-meaning but their food treats people like fragile invalids
Raw Deal
What’s wrong with wanting your steak well-done?
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal