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From the magazineThe vintage chef / Mince, glorious mince
From the magazineNotes on... / The thrill of the Beaujolais Run
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The uncomfortable truth about assisted dying
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An intelligent mix of culture, food, style and property, plus where to go and what to see.
So long, Bob Dylan
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From Spectator LifeA couple of weeks ago, at one of my local bars in Antequera, a waiter asked me something as he served our glasses of wine. I didn’t catch it, so I asked him to repeat what he’d said. After the third time, I still hadn’t understood and clearly wasn’t going to. This guy has a
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Planet Elon
We’re living in Musk’s world now
Welcome to life on Planet Elon
On 13 July this year, an assassin’s bullet grazed the ear of Donald Trump as he turned his head on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania. The whole world saw it and his response: ‘Fight, fight, fight.’ For Elon Musk, this was not just a news event but a galvanising and clarifying moment. He immediately posted a
Welcome to life on Planet Elon
On 13 July this year, an assassin’s bullet grazed the ear of Donald Trump as he turned his head on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania. The whole world saw it and his response: ‘Fight, fight, fight.’ For Elon Musk, this was not just a news event but a galvanising and clarifying moment. He immediately posted a
Culture
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Blooming marvellous: the year’s best gardening books
From the magazineI am an absolute sucker for a handsome reproduction of a rare and highly illustrated natural history, preferably more than two centuries old. This may possibly be a niche interest, but Catesby’s Natural History was pronounced a wonder when it was first published and is a wonder still. Mark Catesby was ‘a procurer of plants’,
We’ve got Francis Bacon all wrong
From the magazineI listened to a solid week of Woman’s Hour…
From the magazineA flop: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, at Ambassadors Theatre, reviewed
From the magazineFails to ignite: Royal Opera’s Tales of Hoffmann reviewed
From the magazineTop tosh: The Diplomat reviewed
From the magazineIs it meant to be a comedy? Gladiator II reviewed
From the magazineCartoons
‘‘Well, he had to go’’
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‘‘Let us prey.’’
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‘‘There are no brakes and it’s back-seat drive.’’
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