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Books / Whispers of ‘usurper’ at the Lancastrian court
From the magazinePop / The world is on fire – yet navel-gazing still reigns in pop
From the magazineOstalgia / London is a great Eastern European city
From Spectator LifeScare tactics / What horror does to us
From Spectator LifeRural life / I’m finally a proper villager
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From Spectator LifeRoyal Mail is a right royal mess
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From Spectator LifeAlan Clark’s wines were as remarkable as he was
From the magazineOù sont les bouteilles d’antan? For that matter, où sont les amis with whom one consumed them? These autumnally melancholic musings arose because a young friend asked me about Alan Clark. He had been reading the Diaries. Were they truthful? Was Alan really such a remarkable character? The answer was simple. An emphatic yes, on
What horror does to us
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Dragon’s den
Can Labour resist China’s embrace?
Can Labour resist China’s embrace?
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy will touch down in Beijing next week to pay his respects. Next year, Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, is expected to do the same. We haven’t seen this level of deference to the Chinese Communist party since 2019. Back then, Philip Hammond heaped praise on his hosts. He endorsed their Belt
Can Labour resist China’s embrace?
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy will touch down in Beijing next week to pay his respects. Next year, Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, is expected to do the same. We haven’t seen this level of deference to the Chinese Communist party since 2019. Back then, Philip Hammond heaped praise on his hosts. He endorsed their Belt
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Three great minds explore the enigmas of the universe
From the magazineIt sounds like a Tom Stoppard play. A big-shot philosopher meets a big-shot boffin by way of a big-shot writer to descant on the biggest of big-shot debates – what The Rigor of Angels’s subtitle calls ‘the Ultimate Nature of Reality’.True, William Egginton can’t match Stoppard for punchy one-liners, nor for puns and pratfalls and
Panning for music gold: The Catchers, by Xan Brooks, reviewed
From the magazineSmall-town mysteries: A Case of Matricide, by Graeme MacRae Burnet, reviewed
From the magazineHow is Arnold Wesker’s Roots, which resembles an Archers episode, considered a classic?
From the magazinePotato crisps and the British character
From the magazineThis UFO testimony had me hooked
From the magazineFog, tea and full English breakfasts: Monet and London, at the Courtauld, reviewed
From the magazineCartoons
‘‘I think some kind of party is in order’’
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‘‘If Gary Lineker goes as well they’re in trouble.’’
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‘‘I did this one in a four-day compressed week.’’
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