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Hay and Edinburgh forgo pragmatism in turning their backs on the Baillie Gifford fund

This week: Rishis survival plan, the rise of the Hillingdon Man and is Victorian parenting is the way forward?

All sorts of animals have been kept as pets over the centuries. We know of sparrows in Catullus and John Skelton. There is a badger with a collar in a fresco by Signorelli – probably not much more biddable than the lobster Gerard de Nerval supposedly took for walks in Paris. The word ‘puss’ seems

On the podcast: In his cover piece for The Spectator Ian Acheson discusses the potential disruption to Armistice Day proceedings in London this weekend. He says that Metropolitan Police Chief Mark Rowley is right to let the pro-Palestine protests go ahead, if his officers can assertively enforce the law. He joins the podcast alongside Baroness Claire Fox

Story of UK tech start-up provides a cautionary tale for politicians seeking quick fixes to complicated problems

This week:  Katy Balls discusses the SNP’s annual conference and asks what will it take to hold the party together if things get much tougher over the next twelve months (01:10), Christina Lamb goes to Ukraine, only to be told that she’s ‘at the wrong war’ as events unfold rapidly in the Middle East (06:55),

‘Hi Jacques,’ I say as the publisher of Fitzcarraldo Editions appears on my Zoom screen with his Franz Hals facial hair. ‘Thanks for making the time.’ I explain, apologetically but cheerily, that I’m going to be asking him to give his basic ‘how I keep winning Nobel Prizes’ spiel – at which, I say, he’s

Whether that will matter to British voters remains to be seen | Britain

The monarch and Queen Camilla looked relaxed as they drove themselves to church in the nearby village of Crathie Kirk this morning.

The Kings wife, 76, put on a stylish display in the emerald patterned frock when attending the dinner at the The Fife Arms hotel in the Scottish Highlands.