Zelensky touches off a revolution in London
What if we the people don’t have to live as pawns in perpetual fear?
London
Thursday
Tuesday
Eating from Lisbon to London and back again
Digital nomads are benefiting from new restaurants such as Lisboeta and Gunpowder
Friday
In defense of catcalling
Hearing that whistle when walking past a group of builders is the best part of my morning
Tuesday
How to tour London like a royal
Play your cards right, and you might even sit next to a prince in a cocktail bar
Tuesday
My favorite Red Lion pub
Spare a thought, dear Americans, for the British cost-of-drinking crisis
Wednesday
Cockburn’s letter from London
Our man on the ground observes Britain in mourning for the Queen
Thursday
The rise of the Busy People
The world needs busy people to keep turning — and someone has to pick up the tab
Wednesday
The history of the American Memorial Chapel
The Chapel is dedicated to the 28,000 American people who were stationed on British soil and died in World War Two
Monday
Drinking with James Bond
Where to soak up the 007 mystique
Thursday
Americans, London needs you
I wonder if London — or any of the great cities — will ever be the same again?
Wednesday
The lost magic of Palm Beach
Its beautiful Hispanic architectural marvels are gradually being torn down
Monday
I miss America’s sandwiches
If the British public are not introduced to good sandwiches, they will not know what’s possible
Thursday
The marvels of the Connaught Hotel
Charles de Gaulle was a resident during World War Two
Thursday
Back to the future: Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill reviewed
The west end of London is still pale and necrotic, but there are points of light. Hatchards the bookseller is open and its memorial to the Duke of Edinburgh is relatively, blissfully, restrained: a portrait in the window, with minimal text for a writer to trip up on his own sycophancy. People are buying whisky on Jermyn Street. The greasy spoon Piggy’s in Air Street survives and if before you merely loitered outside restaurants and ate your food from a bucket you can now sit down, though a strange sort of duck marshal lurks in St James’s Park, and I do not trust him. I do not think he is
Thursday
Things go flying
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale reviewed
Thursday
How to spot good French wine
Look at the color in the glass
Sunday
The sorry history of London’s Hoover Building
Several other Thirties buildings from American firms survive in west London
Sunday
Statues and limitations
How we can reckon with the past without destroying it
Friday
Literarily a love affair
Helene Hanff is no dry old blue-stocking: A Slightly Foxed books essay
Monday
The haunting beauty of empty cities
Deserted modern cities are usually the realm of post-apocalyptic sci-fi movies. Now, many of us live in them
