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Martin Vander Weyer Thank goodness we can have a run on the pound when we need one

Martin Vander Weyer

Martin Vander Weyer looks ahead to next week’s Pre-Budget Report and reflects on George Osborne’s contentious remarks about the devaluation of sterling. It looks like Gordon Brown is getting away with his borrowing binge — leaving the Tories isolated

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Thank goodness we can have a run on the pound when we need one

Martin Vander Weyer looks ahead to next week’s Pre-Budget Report and reflects on George Osborne’s contentious remarks about the devaluation of sterling. It looks like Gordon Brown is getting away with his borrowing binge — leaving the Tories isolated

Martin Vander Weyer

I loved Oliver Stone’s Bush film — and I know why the critics hated it

The movie W. did not provide the crude anti-Bush agitprop that the reviewers craved, says Rod Liddle. This was precisely its strength: we need to get inside the minds even of those we most deplore

Rod Liddle

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Arts

Mystery of the missing tapes

Selina Mills

Selina Mills on how some newly discovered tapes give us a glimpse into the life of Agatha Christie

Books

Books Of The Year

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Politics

Politics

Fraser Nelson

Fraser Nelson reviews the week in politics

Style & Travel

The mad hatter

Joseph Connolly

Joseph Connolly reveals a life-long obsession with hats

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