How do you write about home when words fail you?
A pasta restaurant worker reports on an unhappy side effect of the gut-health movement
Why do German supermarkets tout mild versions of already inoffensive flavours?
How the world’s most influential roleplaying game changed my life and millions of others’
New WHO guidelines suggest there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Jancis Robinson isn’t so sure
Swedes love well-defined standard operating procedures. Even when it’s a häxprocess, or witch trial
The perplexing true story of Harry Grindell Matthews
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list brings local traditions to the world’s attention. How well does it protect them?
John Payne Collier was at the height of his academic career. Then he was unmasked as a prolific and audacious forger
On a risky attempt to prove that Italian wines can age too
There is no better remedy for a hangover than one of these vast, unapologetic meat grenades
Nato without the US is a hypothetical, but it could happen as early as next year
A tangy traybake with grapes and crème fraîche gives pumpkin some much-needed acidity
On the use and abuse of one of Britain’s greatest writers
Two top chefs team up to create a menu for six – pumpkin soup, partridge and a lot more are on the table
Breeders have crossed and hybridised vines for centuries but they’re facing different challenges now
