Anger 2
‘It’s the anger management counsellor — she’s furious that you missed your appointment.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Legacy: Botox
‘Botox means never having to show you’re sorry.’
Top
‘By “over the top” we mean charge the enemy, not wear an extravagant costume.’
Diversity 2
‘...yes...head of diversity...’
Silence
‘It’s been brought to my attention that you’ve been breaking your vow of silence.’
Helpline 2
‘Have you tried throwing it out and getting a new one?’
Takeaway
Damn
Women
Holdup
‘I can’t give you any money until it’s been approved by our members.’
Bonus 2
Worry
‘I thought I’d get up early. Got a lot of worrying to get through.’
Bondage 2
‘I’ll pay you 0 per cent extra to dress up as a nurse.’
Starter
‘Your starter, sir.’
Spectator letters: John Rutter and Coeliac UK answer Rod Liddle
ME is real Sir: Rod Liddle may or may not be right that certain illnesses become fashionable once given a name and are illusory (‘Children with a severe case of the excuses’, 15 March). But ME — myalgic encephalomyelitis, alias post-viral fatigue syndrome or yuppie flu, is not one of them. It’s an unpleasant physical illness:
MH370 isn’t the only flight that’s still missing
Plane vanished Some other planes, besides Flight MH370, which have disappeared without trace: — A Boeing 727 cargo plane that was being prepared for a flight in Luana, Angola, on 25 May 2003. It took off without permission and when last seen was headed south-westwards over the Atlantic. — An Antonov An-72 cargo plane with
Portrait of the week | 20 March 2014
Home In the Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the economy was working but the job was far from done. He expected further falls in unemployment and wages rising faster than prices this year. The economy, he suggested, would return this year to its size in 2008. Before the Budget, Nick
