Tigers
‘I’m just saying, there seems something morally wrong about attacking a zebra in a wheelchair.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Nhs 3
‘Bloody hell — it’s worse than we thought.’
Litter
Cigarettes
‘But do they have child filters?’
Dogs 4
‘Why don’t these old country hotels have dinner gongs?’
Hosepipe
‘I’m using my hosepipe while I still can.’
Humpty
‘Nobody wears shell suits nowadays.’
Directions
‘Go past Jamie Oliver’s Diner, turn left at Marco Pierre White’s Bistro, carry on past the River Café and you’ll come to St Mary’s Church. The Food Bank is in the crypt.’
Muse
‘You just watch TV all day and drink beer. Why, exactly, do you need a “muse”?’
Mess
‘Give me a break — you know I have trouble coping with old technology.’
Londinium
‘It will cut the journey from Londinium to York by three weeks.’
Righteous
‘Still suffering from righteous block?’
Softwoods
‘OK, here’s the deal.’
Tobacco
‘Anyone mind if I give in to the tobacco lobby?’
Banknotes
‘There’s a Page 3 bird here looking for a home.’
Blackouts
Google is part of the free press. So hands off, Prime Minister
It is not quite clear what Google did to David Cameron, but the Prime Minister seems to be exacting some sort of revenge. First, he wanted them to keep records of their customers’ emails just in case his officials wanted to snoop later. Now he wants the British government to be the first in the
Letters: The EU diplomats hit back at Norman Lamont
EU diplomacy Sir: Lord Lamont’s article ‘The EU’s scandalous new army of overpaid diplomats’ (Politics, 20 July) revisits his oft-repeated views on the European Union. It also shows scant regard for the facts and for the reality of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. The European External Action Service (EEAS) was created by unanimous agreement
Portrait of the week | 25 July 2013
Home The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a boy, weighing 8lb 6oz, an heir to the crown, third in line to the throne. Great public excitement was expressed by taking photographs of an official notice of the birth posted on a gilt easel inside the railings of Buckingham Palace. Bells rang and gun salutes
Books and arts – 25 July 2013
