Low expectations

FLOGGED TO DEATH BY EVERYONE from downmarket ...

I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott

Andrew Doyle is an author, journalist and satirist

MY FIRST LONDON HOME

The wisdom of Bertie Wooster

Michael Bentley recalls Maurice Cowling, the Conservative commentator and historian whose books on a variety of topics influenced thought on the right of the party