Whittle’s London
Accents Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be
Bob Hoskins would feel out of place in the self-conscious London of today’s films
Metropolitan Sheep
Its time for the metropolitan elites to broaden their horizons
Culinary Overload
The cult of eating out
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