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Books / The atmosphere of a historic country house cannot be bought
From the magazineBooks / Pure Puccini: an opera lover’s melodramatic family history
From the magazineBricking it / What Labour means for housing
From Spectator LifeOrder vs chaos / Give me nonsensical Naples over sterile Singapore
From Spectator LifeGame, set, match / The unending pain of Andy Murray
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From the magazineAn old friend phoned. Normally cheerful, he was fed up. One of his business partners was being more than usually incompetent. ‘I told him that I’d describe him as a halfwit, if I could find the half.’ We went on to discuss another couple of friends, both good men and true, who seem doomed to
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The reckoning
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It’s payback time for voters
It won’t be much comfort to Rishi Sunak, but he’s not the only world leader being put to the electoral sword. Joe Biden will be lucky to survive the summer as the Democrats’ presidential nominee after his disastrous debate performance. Almost every opinion poll says he’s losing to Donald Trump. In France, Emmanuel Macron bet
It’s payback time for voters
It won’t be much comfort to Rishi Sunak, but he’s not the only world leader being put to the electoral sword. Joe Biden will be lucky to survive the summer as the Democrats’ presidential nominee after his disastrous debate performance. Almost every opinion poll says he’s losing to Donald Trump. In France, Emmanuel Macron bet
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Camila Cabello’s new album presents an existential threat to songwriting
From the magazineIt is always interesting to observe the ways in which pop stars try to negotiate first growing up, and then growing old. From teen scream to respected mainstay to elder states(wo)man is not an easy path to walk without a few stumbles. At certain times, it requires making some blatantly strategic moves. Cabello wants so
If you can stand the stress, The Bear is still possibly the best thing on TV
From the magazineAn ensemble achievement that dances and sparkles: Glyndebourne’s Giulio Cesare reviewed
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From the magazineThe mesmerising Olympic posters designed by the likes of Warhol and Whiteread
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‘‘David Tennant has found his nemesis.’’
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‘‘This puts us in the very awkward position of being in admiration of the French.’’
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‘‘I trust I can rely on your sympathy.’’
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