Drones 2
Drones club
The Spectator
Wednesday
Bureaucracy
‘Jones, organise another layer of bureaucracy, please.’
Hangover
‘Daddy’s hangover is a little worse than usual today.’
Autobiographies
Autobiographies
Tweeters
Tweeters
Rudolphf
‘Which runway should I use?’
Snowmen 2
Snowmen
Barometer | 12 December 2012
Double trouble The Duchess of Cambridge’s acute morning sickness was said to be associated with twins, raising the prospect of an awkward question of succession, especially if twins were to be born as a result of caesarean section. No monarchy has yet been tested in such a way. —Prince Vincent of Denmark was born before
Letters | 12 December 2012
Courts to be proud of Sir: Nick Cohen’s article (‘Export-only justice’, 8 December) might leave the reader with the impression that the use of the High Court in London by overseas litigants is a) novel and b) detrimental to the taxpayer. I do not believe either to be the case. Law students have long had
Glad tidings
The below is from The Spectator, the best-written and most entertaining magazine in the English language. To read the whole magazine on iPad/iPhone, click here for a free trial. Or click here for a Kindle free trial. To listen to politicians is to be given the impression of a dangerous, cruel world where things are
Portrait of the year | 12 December 2012
January Britain’s public debt rose above £1,000 billion for the first time. Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, was stripped of his knighthood. The High Speed 2 rail link between London and Birmingham was given the go-ahead. Police removed protestors’ tents in Parliament Square under a new act. Abu
Books and Arts – 12 December 2012
Marcus Berkmann’s choice of stocking fillers
If you’re short on ideas for minor Christmas presents, then you can’t do better for expert guidance than read Marcus Berkmann’s choice of stocking fillers from last week’s issue of the Spectator magazine. There can be few phrases in the language more debased than ‘Christmas gift book’. (Well, ‘friendly fire’, maybe, or ‘light entertainment’.) Needless
The greats we hate
Craig Brown Which classic work do you think this comes from? ‘Her teeth were white in her brown face and her skin and her eyes were the same golden tawny brown. She had high cheek-bones, merry eyes and a straight mouth with full lips. Her hair was the golden brown of a grain field that
Sunday
Patrick Moore’s great contemporaries
Sir Patrick Moore, the astronomer, died this morning aged 89. He featured on The Spectator’s power list of over-80s, published last year. Here are the other scientists listed in the category. Bernard Lovell, by Martin Rees Bernard Lovell ranks as one of the great visionary leaders of science. Along with others of his generation, the
Friday
University personal statements under attack, but who actually writes them?
The Sutton Trust today criticised the system of personal statements for university admissions, as they favour well-connected children from private schools. Spectator readers might not be surprised by that, though: in September Molly Guinness revealed in the magazine that those who can afford to often contract the writing of the statement out to graduates for
Thursday
Wheel
‘Wow! Fire AND the wheel!! Renaissance man or what?’
Bonsai
‘It’s for the connoisseur who appreciates really tiny amounts of growth.’
‘See that? It’s trending on Twitter that you’ve been naughty, not nice.’
