Selling with honesty An Essex estate agent sold a flat in Westcliff-on-Sea for £22,500 over the £125,000 asking price after advertising it with the words: ‘Wipe your feet on the way out…this property is full of rubbish, there is mould on the walls and I think there may even be fleas.’ The original honest estate
From ‘War the leveller’, The Spectator, 12 February 1916: Strange as it may appear to the pacificist, war has levelled up, not down, as the Socialists aim at doing… In presence of a common peril the private and his officer have learned to understand one another better, and have discovered the good qualities which each possesses.
[audioplayer src=”http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/podcastspecial-thefourthindustrialrevolution/media.mp3″ title=”Listen: Podcast special – The Fourth Industrial Revolution”] Listen [/audioplayer] In this View from 22 podcast special, The Spectator’s Editor Fraser Nelson hosts a discussion about whether the world is going through a fourth industrial revolution and what this means for workers around the world. Fraser is joined by Stefan Krüger, Partner at
‘How lovely! The surgery have invited us for blood tests on the 10th.’
‘Break a leg!’
‘The ones that are a wonky shape are just as tasty!’
‘Firstly, thank you for coming and a special thanks to the Skype mourners.’
‘I think you’ll agree the box is just as effective without chocolates.’
‘To be honest, she’s a bit young for me. She looked older in her online profile.’
‘Sarge, looks like we’ve recovered the murder weapon.’
‘It stopped breathing so I was giving it the kiss of life.’
‘I’m not happy about the veil.’
‘I expect they couldn’t afford to go into a care home.’
‘I’m prescribing you large doses of blame, guilt and shame.’
What’s best for Europe? Sir: It seems that the British negotiations in Europe have produced little, and even at this late stage they would surely be more effective if the tone were based more on what is best for Europe as a whole (‘Fighting over the crumbs’, 6 February). If we leave, we will desert
Matters of life and death Lord Lucan is now officially presumed dead. How do you have someone declared dead? In England and Wales, under the Presumption of Death Act 2013… — Anyone can apply to have anyone else declared dead, but if the applicant is not a spouse, civil partner, parent, child or sibling of
