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Spectator Life

An intelligent mix of culture, food, style and property, plus where to go and what to see.

A memoir doesn’t always have to be true

From Spectator Life

The news that Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir The Salt Path may not have been the whole truth has been met with a mixture of outrage, hilarity and ‘I told you so’. Many readers have smugly informed the world that Winn’s journey along the Salt Path with her husband Moth (Moth!) was so obviously a work

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Arabella Byrne

Wimbledon’s myth of elitism

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Peerless

Charles Moore and Sophia Falkner on the purge of the hereditaries

Charles Moore

Peerless: the purge of the hereditaries

The House of Lords is very old, but not quite continuous. In 1649, shortly after the execution of King Charles I, the Cromwell-ian House of Commons passed an act which said: The Commons of England assembled in parliament, finding by too long experience, that the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the People

Peerless: the purge of the hereditaries

The House of Lords is very old, but not quite continuous. In 1649, shortly after the execution of King Charles I, the Cromwell-ian House of Commons passed an act which said: The Commons of England assembled in parliament, finding by too long experience, that the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the People

Culture

The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.

More drama-school showcase than epic human tragedy: Evita reviewed

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Evita, directed by Jamie Lloyd, is a catwalk version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The actors perform on the steps of a football stadium where they race through an effortful series of dance routines accompanied by flashy lights and thumping tunes. It’s more a drama-school showcase than an epic human tragedy. There are no

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Cartoons

KJ Lamb

‘‘We’ll have a red – but not full-bodied’’

Cartoon

Nick Newman

‘‘The sight of a politician in trouble always gets me going.’’

Cartoon

Nigel Jones

Venice is a city of love and menace

From Spectator Life