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Jonathan Meades
Call of the mild
"Michael Gove’s Wild Animals in Circuses Bill appears at first glance to be nothing more than his latest essay in exhibitionistic compassion. But is it a misreading to ascribe this picayune law-making to opportunistic big-heartedness?"
Jonathan Meades
Counterpoints
Dog days
'If every writer who disliked what other contributors wrote decided to withdraw their work, there would be no papers, no magazines, perhaps no telly'
Jonathan Meades
Counterpoints
The Elysée’s shadowy French lieutenants
Neo-barbouzes and bodyguard conspiracies
Jonathan Meades
Dispatches
The dangers of dog in the manger democracy
There’s no sign anyone in Britain is desperate to eat spaniel — the proposed ban is frivolous and does nothing for animal welfare
Jonathan Meades
Features
Foie Gove
Michael Gove's plan to ban foie gras is an essentially frivolous self-advertisement
Jonathan Meades
Counterpoints
Jolly Bad Taste vs. feeble Good Taste
Sir Les Patterson or Poundbury, Roy Wood or Richard Rogers, dodgy clubs or lusty yeomen?
Jonathan Meades
Critique
Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
Drawing Board
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