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There is a theory in Ireland that the country’s bog bodies may be the remains of failed kings, ritually killed on Samhain
By Gus Carter
From the Magazine
Whatever spick and span reminds us of, it is as an idiom with a cheery meaning of its own
From the Magazine
I wonder if London — or any of the great cities — will ever be the same again?
From the Magazine
Oscar and Klynton are visiting us in Provence and a 100-degree heatwave has hit. There’s only one place to be
From the Magazine
The English language as written today is often nearly incomprehensible on first reading
From the Magazine
I pour myself a tumbler of rotgut and settle in with the names, these glorious names
From the Magazine
They’re funny, the Swiss, known as dullards because they lack Italian fire and Spanish passion, but what would we do without them?
By Taki
From the Magazine
Tacitus made the Caledonian leader Calgacus remark that Romans ‘make a desert and call it peace’
By Peter Jones
From the Magazine
