Books and Arts – 2 May 2013
The Spectator
Thursday
Tuesday
Alpha females
In her cover piece for this week’s Spectator, Alison Wolf describes the divide between ‘alpha females’ and other women. Here are some of the starkest differences, illustrated using figures from her book The XX Factor. 1. The rise of the alpha female. ‘In England, by the age of 16, girls are dividing into two distinct
Thursday
Bankers
‘And that one’s our pay.’
Job
‘I despair about the way this country’s going. It looks as if I’ll be the first person in my family for generations forced to get a job.’
Scrabble
Television
Fish
‘Mum, Dad! Are we nearly there?’
Stairlift
‘We’re going to my Grandad’s. He’s got this awesome stairlift.’
Tattoos
‘You don’t think he’ll regret it when he’s older?’
Twitter 3
‘Was it something I said on Twitter?’
Iparent
iParent and Child
Flat
Teambuild
‘These team-building exercises are getting ridiculous.’
Potholes
Blogger
Alchemy
‘I told you alchemy was nonsense.’
Bolshevik
‘The house red, sir.’
Wasp
‘It’s wonderfully waspish.’
Rada
Nut
‘We need the long summer holidays to recharge our batteries after organising strikes.’