Funeral
‘…and she leaves behind 30,000 Twitter followers.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Couple 2
Hieroglyph
Wheel 2
‘Who cares what it is? I want one!’
Sepp
Sepp Blatter: the early years
Fifa 2
‘And the hotel you were staying in would like their towels back.’
Breakfast Table
‘There’ll be a ten-year waiting list.’
Paintwatch
Poor 3
‘It’s aimed at the aspirational poor.’
Travel Agent 2
‘…or with our saver package, you get the Facebook album without the hassle of travelling.’
Whips Office
‘All right! All right! I’ll support the government on human rights!’
Hampstead
‘It’s one of those traditional villages where the locals are all from Hampstead.’
Letters | 4 June 2015
Targeting aid Sir: The way that our aid is being spent is a national scandal (Leading article, 30 May). This is because Dfid has outsourced its professional advice and thus no longer has the expertise to manage an aid programme, and because the establishment of the 0.7 per cent means that funds must be spent regardless
Portrait of the week | 4 June 2015
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, toured Europe trying to gain support for reforms to favour Britain’s position in the European Union. Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, said she did not rule out treaty changes in Europe and would be a ‘constructive partner’ of Britain in seeking reforms. Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime
Barometer | 4 June 2015
First test The driving test celebrated its 80th anniversary. The first person to take the test, R.E.L. Beene of Kensington, passed. Here is some of the advice given to candidates on a Pathé newsreel: — ‘Don’t flick your cigarette ash outside. It’s very confusing.’ (The driver behind would have been looking for hand signals.) —
Who’s listening?
[audioplayer src=”http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/thehighpriestsofhealth/media.mp3″ title=”Fraser Nelson and Paul Staines discuss the collapse of the Andy Coulson perjury trail” startat=1402] Listen [/audioplayer]Britain and America, as George Bernard Shaw is reputed to have said, are two countries divided by their common language. As of this week they are divided by something else, too: their common interest in the fight
Books & arts – 4 June 2015
The Spectator at war: Financing the fight
From ‘The Financial Emergency’, The Spectator, 5 June 1915: In these columns the late Government have often been criticized for the way in which they permitted the national expenditure to grow in time of peace. Let us admit, however, quite frankly that the nation before the war began was so rich that it could afford
National mood
From ‘Depression and its Causes’, The Spectator, 6 June 1915: The British nation have still great possessions in the way of liberty of action, of liberty not to fight for their country, of liberty to spend their money in the sedative of drink, the sedative which slows down the pace and energy of the human machine
