Begging 2
‘I don’t have as much time to beg as I’d like, now I’m working.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Turner 2
Sexist
'You're one of thoseeveryday sexists.'
Cluedo
‘Was it Mrs White, in the dining room, with the chicken chasseur?’
Alone
‘It must be so lonely, dining alone.’
Shoes 5
‘Time to put my Jeffrey Campbell shoes back into hibernation.’
Scrub
‘Oh my God, Janice, what did I tell you about using too much body scrub!’
Pot
Pole
Spectator letters: All Things Bright and Beautiful, oligarchs and school fees, and Songs of Praise
Times past Sir: ‘Imagine,’ says Hugo Rifkind in his excellent piece on the power of Google (29 November), ‘that there was one newspaper that got all the scoops. Literally all of them.’ We don’t have to imagine: such a newspaper existed, a couple of centuries ago, and Hugo works for its descendent. The Times of the
When a cricket ball cost Britain an heir to the throne
A fatal shot The sad death of Australian batsman Philip Hughes was a reminder that a cricket ball can kill. A blow on the cricket field may even have cost us an heir to the throne. — One of the earliest suspected victims was Frederick, Prince of Wales, the son of George II, who is
George Osborne’s ambition deficit
When George Osborne first became Chancellor, he asked to be judged on his ability to reduce the deficit. He does not make that request any more. This year’s deficit is almost three times higher than the £37 billion he originally planned, but he understandably glossed over this point when delivering his Autumn Statement. He has
Portrait of the week | 4 December 2014
Home The government spent days announcing how the Autumn Statement would allocate funds. ‘Frontline’ parts of the National Health Service would get an extra £2 billion for the time being, £750 million of it diverted from elsewhere in the Department of Health budget. Another £1.1 billion from bankers’ fines would go to support GPs. Labour said
Books and arts – 4 December 2014
The Spectator at war: Good taste and good breeding
From The King at the Front, The Spectator, 5 December 1914: It is impossible for the ordinary Englishman not to be delighted with the good taste and good breeding as well as the sincerity with which the King has acted throughout the war. Burke bade us so to be patriots as not to forget we are
From the archives | 4 December 2014
From ‘The Honourable Spy’, The Spectator, 5 December 1914: Decency is violated by the military spy when he becomes, for instance, a naturalised subject of a foreign power only to betray his adopted country. No such charge of dishonour can be brought against the German spy Lody who was shot at the Tower. He spied,
Favourite cocktails from Matthew Parris, Jeremy Clarke, Martin Vander Weyer and more
We asked our writers to write about their favourite cocktails, from aperitifs to nightcaps, all the way through to the hangover cures. Here’s what they said. Matthew Parris The Iron Lady For years in the 1980s I tried to develop a cocktail to be called the Iron Lady. There were problems: the signifier for iron
Wednesday
Lesson of the Autumn Statement? Boldness is best
Here is a preview of the leading article from this week’s Spectator, out tomorrow, on George Osborne’s Autumn Statement: When George Osborne first became Chancellor, he asked to be judged on his ability to reduce the deficit. He does not make that request any more. This year’s deficit is almost three times higher than the
