Post 2
‘We’re modernising the postal service.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Shopping 2
Meth
‘If only we’d invested in crystal meth.’
Bard
‘Can I call you back? I’m in a bard place.’
Apple 2
‘Want to see what the class is saying about you online, sir?’
Boy
‘Don’t go on at the boy — kids have always fought.’
Emergency 4
Baby 5
‘Nothing prepares you for the lack of sleep.’
Spectator letters: Why Aids is still a threat, elephants are altruistic, and crime has gone online
Aids is still deadly Sir: Dr Pemberton (‘Life after Aids’, 19 April) subscribes to the now prevalent view that we have turned the corner on Aids. Well only up to a point, Lord Copper. There are now about 100,000 HIV carriers in the UK, and in London, where Dr Pemberton works, as in the rest of
Portrait of the week | 24 April 2014
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, appeared in public with George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer — the first time they had been photographed as a couple for four years — to draw attention to infrastructure projects. Mr Cameron mentioned in an article for the Church Times that Britain is a Christian country, which
How to lose Scotland
[audioplayer src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_24_April_2014_v4.mp3″ title=”James Forsyth and Alex Massie explain why we need more optimism in Scotland and Westminster” startat=1538] Listen [/audioplayer]For centuries, the possibility of Scottish independence seemed so remote as to be laughable. Until recently the nationalists seemed quixotic, rather than menacing. Now, however, we are facing the very real prospect of a ‘yes’ vote
Books and arts – 24 April 2014
Wednesday
Full text: Tony Blair’s speech on why the Middle East matters
It is unsurprising that public opinion in the UK and elsewhere, resents the notion that we should engage with the politics of the Middle East and beyond. We have been through painful engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq. After 2008, we have had our own domestic anxieties following the financial crisis. And besides if we want
Wednesday
Box
‘It’s nice, but it’s a little over our price range.’
Selfie 2
The last selfie
Memory
‘They’re short-term memory sticks.’
Drugs
Wolves
Raised by Wolves...
Licence
‘I’ve lost interest in TV now it’s no longer a criminal offence not to have a licence.’