Headless
‘As part of the divorce settlement, I get to keep the head.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Daleks 2
‘I’ve discovered this marvellous acne cream.’
Lobbying 2
‘Is advertising yourself on eBay within the spirit of the rules?’
Letters: The barristers strike back
Legal squabbles Sir: Harry Mount’s angry and unfocused polemic (‘Against the Law’, 8 June), demonstrates a fundamental ignorance of the British legal system. That is surprising from a former barrister, even if he never practised after pupillage. British justice is revered worldwide, and for good reason. Rather than deal with the disastrous effects the proposals
Barometer | 13 June 2013
Souls on ice Three Oxford academics have revealed that they have paid to become cryonically preserved at death in the hope of one day being revived. A selection of the 117 clients lying in ‘patient care drawers’ at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Arizona: — Roy Schiavello, 30, programmer — Michael Louis Friedman, 32, lawyer
Portrait of the week | 13 June 2013
Home Six men from the West Midlands — Omar Khan, Jewel Uddin, Mohammed Hasseen, Mohammed Saud, Zohaib Ahmed and Anzal Hussain — were jailed for 18 or 19 years on terrorism charges after planning to bomb an English Defence League rally in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, last year. After a fire caused minor damage at the Darul Uloom
Top secrets
This week’s exposé of the US National Security Agency has been heralded as the greatest intelligence leak since the Pentagon Papers. It is nothing of the sort. Far from revealing some institutional outrage, the whistleblower Edward Snowden merely appears to have found what any low-level intelligence source might find. Intelligence agencies try to find things
Books and Arts – 13 June 2013
Theresa May’s Reform speech: full text
This is the full text of a speech delivered this week by Home Secretary Theresa May to the Reform think tank. We’re delivering more with less – so let’s have the courage of our convictions Thank you. A year or two ago I appeared on ‘Question Time’, and before the filming Shirley Williams introduced me
Thursday
Tortoises
‘Loving the roof garden.’
Golf
‘There’s always one.’
Mp
‘As an MP, one needs a second job in order to keep in touch with ordinary people.’
Hello
‘Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello!’ (4 January 1963)
Badgers 3
‘So, let’s take a look at how the badgers are getting on…’
Sold
‘I see you’ve sold one.’
Loyalty
Tramps 3
‘Two bottles of meths, some paint stripper, a bottle of aftershave...’
Angry
‘He used to be a chess Grand Master. Now he’s just really really good at Angry Birds.’
Cheat
Eden
‘That’s so last season.’