Flats
‘Obviously, accountants, solicitors, head teachers and other poor people use a different entrance.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Gp
‘You’re suffering from a terrible postcode.’
Debate
Baby 6
Droid
‘What, another live person? Do you have any computers over there I can speak with?’
Selfie 6
Pinoc
‘I don’t think you’re really cut out for a career in politics.’
Floating Voter
‘Nick Clegg’s appealing to the floating voter.’
Babysit
‘So. Neither mine nor yours wants to babysit for ours.’
Rspb 2
Bbc 6
‘Could you turn the bias down?’
Spectator letters: the Rowntree legacy, and a suggestion for the Met police
Betrayal of Trust Sir: Rod Liddle has traduced the Quaker values of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust that include non-violence, equality and truth in his piece, ‘Jihadi John, Cage and the fools who give it money’, 7 March. Mr Liddle identified three recipients of JRCT grants: Jawaab UK, Cage, and Teach na Fáilte. Jawaab UK
How (not) to poison a dog
Deadly to dogs An Irish setter was allegedly poisoned at Crufts, using beef containing slug pellets. Some other substances with which dog-show rivals could poison your pooch: — Chocolate contains theobromine, a stimulant which dogs cannot metabolise, and which causes the heart to race. It takes just 1 oz per pound of body weight of milk chocolate and a
Portrait of the week | 12 March 2015
Home Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, said that ‘a huge burden of responsibility’ lay with those who acted as apologists for those who committed acts of terror. Parliament approved new obligations for passenger carriers to restrict the travel to or from Britain of people named as a terrorist threat. The Charity Commission required the Joseph
James McAvoy is wrong – the arts are better off without subsidy
The season of cringe-making acceptance speeches at arts awards ceremonies is nearly over, thank heavens. But it hasn’t passed without a most fatuous contribution from James McAvoy as he accepted a nomination for best actor at the Olivier Awards this week. He should have stuck to sobbing and thanking his agent. Instead, he launched a
Books and arts – 12 March 2015
The Spectator at war: Uniform behaviour
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 13 March 1915: We are glad to note that officers in uniform have been forbidden to visit night clubs in London. The gambling night clubs have ruined several young officers, and the dancing clubs are almost quite as undesirable in these times. But why does the order apply
Officers’ off hours
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 13 March 1915: We are glad to note that officers in uniform have been forbidden to visit night clubs in London. The gambling night clubs have ruined several young officers, and the dancing clubs are almost quite as undesirable in these times. But why does the order apply only
A guide to Easter revision colleges
Ashbourne College 17 Old Court Place, London W8 4PL | T 020 7937 3858 | E admin@ashbournecollege.co.uk | W www.ashbournecollege.co.uk Courses: All main subjects offered at all levels. Specific individual unit revision courses offered in mathematics; otherwise AS or A2 for specific sessions restricted to Ashbourne’s exam boards. Useful course pack provided and
Uncommon entrances
Getting your child into a decent school has long been high on a parent’s list of priorities, and British parents now have to compete with foreign parents for whom £30,000 a year is small change. It is for people like these, Will Heaven explains, that many of our top schools are opening branches as far