Books and Arts – 17 October 2013
The Spectator
Thursday
Thursday
Regret
I’m gonna regret this in six months’ time
sit
Stay still damn you
News 2
‘I’ve got some good news and some bad news.’
Books 3
Biography
‘It’s a bit thin.’
Planes
Omg
‘O.M.G….’
Honours
Horses
‘He should just be grateful he wasn’t turned into lasagne.’
Newton
Newton discovers lower-back pain
Snowwhite
‘And you must be nimby.’
Goldilocks
Goldilocks and the Three Beers
Brat
FatBratNav
Regulator
‘You’re pathetic, Johnson — I like that in a regulator.’
Mirage 2
‘Ignore it — it’s just a mirage.’
Bridget
‘Smug widowed!’
Letters: Nurses reply to Mary Dejevsky, and Iggy Pop’s sherry habit
Nursing standards Sir: I share Mary Dejevsky’s concern regarding the impact of tired, overworked nurses on the quality of patient care (‘Short shrift for long shifts’, 6 October). However, it is unwarranted to blame nurses for detrimental work cultures when the contributing factors are complex. Nurses generally do not have a choice about the length
George Osborne is blowing bubbles
In opposition, George Osborne said that you cannot borrow your way out of a debt crisis. In government, he has proved it. Since entering No. 11 Downing Street, his strategy has been to talk sternly about austerity while borrowing more than anyone else in Europe. With every budget he has presented, the deadline for balancing
The week: Royal Mail shares; American shutdown; Afghan cricket
Home An issue of shares in Royal Mail was oversubscribed, pushing valuation well above initial forecasts of £3.3 billion. The IMF forecast British growth for 2013 to be 1.4 per cent; its estimate in July had been 0.9 per cent. The Commons Treasury select committee warned the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the government ‘Help