Alice 3
‘Hang on - just going into a tunnel...’
The Spectator
Thursday
Daleks
‘My boyfriend paid for them.’
Soup
‘The gas is off tonight, so it’s gazpacho.’
Foxhunt
‘You know it’s been a dream of mine to go fox-hunting, but it’s too expensive so I’m improvising.’
Upgraded
‘I’ve upgraded my phone.’
Burnt
‘You idiot - you set it for 35 seconds instead of the recommended 30. It’s ruined.’
Africa
‘What’s this about, then?’
Drones 3
‘Military marchpasts aren’t the same in the era of drone warfare.’
Romans 2
‘We’ll have everlasting peace in Jerusalem once we’ve got rid of this lot.’
Cuts
‘It’s a British Army knife. Cuts all around.’
Burgered
‘Well I’ll be burgered.’
Corrupt
‘I recommend becoming corrupt.’
Letters | 24 January 2013
Moore for less Sir: Niru Ratnam (Arts, 19 January) is wrong on a number of counts and omits much else. The sale of Henry Moore’s ‘Draped Seated Woman’ would be most unlikely to raise the £20 million he claims; £5 million is thought to be much nearer the market value — 0.3 per cent of
Barometer | 24 January 2013
Four sworn Barack Obama achieved a remarkable feat last week: he managed to take the oath of office for a fourth time. Under the 22nd Amendment to the US constitution, which was passed in 1947, no president may be elected to office more than twice. — In 2009 Obama took his oath a second time,
Portrait of the week | 24 January 2013
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, at last delivered his speech on Europe, postponed during the Algerian hostage crisis. He wanted to ‘negotiate a new settlement with our European partners’, and before the end of 2017, ‘when we have negotiated that new settlement, we will give the British people a referendum with a very simple
Cameron speaks
It was almost worth the wait. The substance of David Cameron’s speech on Europe was disclosed in this magazine a fortnight ago, but his delivery was excellent. He offered a clear-headed and almost touchingly optimistic vision of the type of union that the British public would find acceptable: one based on free trade, not bureaucratic
Wednesday
David Cameron’s Europe speech: The Spectator’s verdict
Just for Coffee House readers, here is a sneak preview of the leading article from this week’s Spectator. Download our iPad and iPhone app to read the rest of the magazine first thing tomorrow. It was almost worth the wait. The substance of David Cameron’s speech on Europe was disclosed in this magazine a fortnight
The Spectator: One step ahead of David Cameron’s EU manoeuvres
While David Cameron’s EU speech today made all the front pages, it is far from fresh news. Two weeks ago, James Forsyth revealed to Spectator readers what the Prime Minister would say in his speech. But as far back as last May, we revealed that a referendum on EU membership was almost certain: A referendum