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The week that was | 21 August 2009

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And, just in case you missed them, here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk this week.

Fraser Nelson laments what was a bleak

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Britain’s curious pub naming conventions

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The big London restaurant opening of the autumn has been The Devonshire in Denman Street, Soho, close to Piccadilly Circus. There was a run on bookings as soon as the reviews appeared. Giles Coren in the Times wrote: ‘What a place. What. A. Place.’ Jimi Famurewa’s review in the Evening Standard appeared under the headline: ‘Nothing beats a good

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