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Fraser Nelson

Why reason doesn’t apply to the Eurozone

Fraser Nelson

The Eurozone is a kind of lunacy if you look at it as an economic project. But this isn’t about economics, or rationality — it's about emotion. The Brits and Americans often fail to understand this fully because we judge a currency union in terms of its economic merits. But many European nations see it as part of another, wider, agenda.

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Coffeehouse

The strains on the Cameron-Hilton relationship

James Forsyth

I suspect that ‘Weekend secrets of the “chillaxing” Prime Minister’ (£) is one of the last headlines that Number 10 wanted to see this Saturday. It is

Spectator

Englishmen rule

Leah McLaren

I discovered I was pregnant the same day I met the Queen. It was one of those lightless December afternoons when the sky clamps down on London like the lid

Night and Day

Spotify Sunday: The essential Bob Marley

David Rodigan

Here, to mark the release of the documentary Marley, are ten essential tracks by...  

Blogs

The Lobby's existential search for meaning

Martin Bright

There was a small but important piece in the Independent this week by my former boss John Kampfner. He’s not my boss any more, so I don’t

Books

Voices of the Taliban

David Blackburn

Sun Tzu is responsible for the age-old cliché about knowing your enemy. I wonder, then, what he might have made of Poetry of the Taliban, edited by

Arts & Culture

A man of courage and conviction

Jerry Hayes

Whatever you might think about Peter Hain, he has proved himself to be a man of great personal courage and conviction. Of course, when it comes to being a

Food & Drink

Tailored Scotch

Dave Broom

While it is an accepted fact that a true gentleman will make his tweed jacket last a lifetime - there is nothing more likely to raise the eyebrows of

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