How to (correctly) make a Cornish pasty
In the pasty’s earliest days, there was nothing intrinsically Cornish about it
United kingdom
Saturday
Inside the plot to take down Rishi Sunak
When things get bad, the Tories change leader. It’s the party’s natural reflex
Wednesday
Will anything reconcile William and Harry?
There remains little chance that the brothers will patch up their relationship
Monday
What should Buckingham Palace do following the King’s cancer diagnosis?
Buckingham Palace is now operating in a very different way to how it has done in the past
Don’t believe Emirati promises of editorial freedom
My mistake was to think a free publication was ever possible under an absolutist government
Thursday
Three men in exile: My Friends, by Hisham Matar, reviewed
Hisham Matar’s novel is a paean to reading widely
Monday
Ireland is falling out of love with Sinn Fein
Its two leaders will attend the annual White House St. Patrick’s Day shindig, to the anger of their pro-Palestine base
Thursday
Charles, Kate and the changing attitude to royal illness
What makes the events newsworthy beyond mere speculation are the differences — and similarities — in how the stories have made it into the public domain
Tuesday
The US opioid crisis has come to Britain
Towards the end of last year, I began to see what looked to me like addict behavior on the streets of London
Wednesday
It's time the King distanced himself from Prince Andrew
It would show Charles to be a new kind of monarch, principled and prepared to act decisively when he needs to
Friday
The Epstein files heap fresh embarrassment on Prince Andrew
He is facing the prospect of not one, but two docudramas raking over the humiliation of his Newsnight interview
Friday
Cornwall’s fishermen are being drowned by bureaucracy
A government that promised freedom is now taking the remnants of it away, and for what?
A Trump presidency could be good for Britain
Biden has just rejected moves to open negotiations with Britain in a limited number of areas
Thursday
The Crown is going out in a blaze of camp glory
Purists and royal historians will carp at its tastelessness and excess
Wednesday
When atonal music was original and exciting
Alexander Goehr’s Composing a Life is a fascinating study of musical transmission
Wednesday
Harry, Meghan and the mystery of the 'royal racist'
The Dutch translation of Omid Scobie’s Endgame has revealed the identities of both royals
Thursday
Could Prince Harry be brought in from the cold?
The King may be prepared to forgive him, but it is considerably less likely that his brother will
Wednesday
Is the trade agreement with Florida a Brexit win?
Britain has now worked out an alternative strategy for the US
Monday
Is Lord Cameron a ‘useful idiot’ for the CCP?
Questions have been raised about the new UK foreign secretary’s recent speech in Sri Lanka
David Cameron? Seriously?
He was, with George Osborne, co-architect of the early 2010s pivot towards China