Goldfish
‘The goldfish wants feeding, dear..’
The Spectator
Thursday
Bins
Dolls
‘I feel so empty now the children have left.’
Nude
‘When you said you were “doing a nude”, I thought you wanted me to take my clothes off.’
Mumsnet
Alarm
‘He was everything I was looking for in a man — which set alarm bells ringing straight away.’
Satnav 3
The outlaw Ned Kelly no longer got lost in the outback now that he had a satnav
Hideous
‘How absolutely hideous — it’ll go perfectly with those shoes I never wear.’
Wax
‘It’s the latest beauty treatment — combined aromatherapy and full-body wax.’
Ed
‘Bring out yer Ed.’
Clegg
‘Oh dear — that sausage I ate is about to do a U-turn.’
Photo
‘That’s the wife or the mistress, I forget which.’
Letters: On quitting Facebook, and putting down Nigel
Why we joined Sir: I was astonished by the assertion made by Wyn Grant (Letters, 21 September) that ‘the postwar surge in Conservative party membership was due to people rebuilding their social lives after the war’. Where did that idea come from? I grew up in south London before and during the war. I recall
The death of Aids
In a week in which the world is once again invited to consider the prospect of climatic Armageddon, it would be easy to miss the news of remarkable progress against one of the greatest killers known to mankind. UNAIDS, the United Nations agency responsible for the global battle against Aids, forecast that the epidemic will
Portrait of the week | 26 September 2013
Home The General Medical Council said it was dropping cases against four doctors who worked at Stafford Hospital at the height of the scandal of neglect and abuse there. Bail until October was given to eight people, including five policemen, arrested during investigation of an incident last year in which Andrew Mitchell, the former chief
Tuesday
Labour conference: Ed Miliband’s speech – full text and audio
listen to ‘Ed Miliband’s speech to the Labour conference’ on Audioboo
Monday
Labour conference: Ed Balls’ speech – full text and audio
Below is the text and full audio of Ed Balls’ conference speech given today in Brighton, as released by Labour’s press office. But there’s one section missing. It’s the one where Balls said:- listen to ‘Ed Balls: ‘I just thought it was a surprisingly small towel’’ on Audioboo
