Thursday 20 November 2008

 

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Michael Henderson

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Features

Rod Liddle imagines the hoodie at home, allegedly innocent of any wicked intent, arming himself with a Stanley knife only because of the supposed alarmism of the right-wing media

Want to cut taxes? First cut spending. Here’s how

Want to cut taxes? First cut spending. Here’s how

After a week of clamorous competition between the parties over tax cuts, Fraser Nelson offers a guide to paying for them: a programme of spending cuts that would preserve core services but shave off the fat of the Brown years. All that is needed is political will

Chicago Notebook

In the end, it really was a fairytale.

Who put a sock full of cocaine in my drawer?

Who put a sock full of cocaine in my drawer?

Venetia Thompson, who has never taken the drug, was shocked to discover a stash in her house. What to do? Her friends’ response was a collective shrug as if it were nothing unusual

The Republicans are where the Tories were in 1997

This is bad news for the Conservatives, who have always feasted on US right-of-centre ideas, says James Forsyth. But the GOP can learn from the Cameroons

Arts

Thrills amid the gore

Thrills amid the gore

Elektra
Royal Opera House

For You
Linbury Studio

Up close and personal

Up close and personal

Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists
Royal Academy, until 2 January 2009

Books

‘The college of God’s gift’

Dulwich College: A History, 1616-2008, by Jan Piggott

Money? It’s only human

Money? It’s only human

The Ascent of Money, by Niall Fergusson

Style & Travel

Put a brave face on it

Put a brave face on it

It’s official: make-up is recession-proof, says Lindy Woodhead

In a rich man’s world

In a rich man’s world

Peter Grogan on Britain’s last remaining ‘private bankers’

The Spectator Parliamentarian Awards
Spectator Book Club
The Spectator Billabong
In this week's issue

Want to cut taxes? First cut spending. Here’s how

After a week of clamorous competition between the parties over tax cuts, Fraser Nelson offers a guide to paying for them: a programme of spending cuts that would preserve core services but shave off the fat of the Brown years. All that is needed is political will

Fraser Nelson

Chicago Notebook

In the end, it really was a fairytale.

Emily Maitlis

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