The Spectator
23 March 2019
Will it never end?
The Tories’ current humiliation could be as cataclysmic as Labour’s in 1976
Life
I’m back in New York: the city that’s perennially offended
New York Goodbye, snow-capped peaks; hello, swampy brown East River. So long, fresh alpine air; greetings to choking diesel…
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My taxi-driver got things going again with a barrage of conspiracy theories
Professional villagers won’t rest until they have eliminated mud from the countryside
The more they whinge about others’ lack of neat and tidiness the more I embrace mess and noise
Family silver
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How Scotland humiliated England in the Six Nations
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