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Bad publicity
Whatever calamitous infelicities David Beckham did or did not email to his publicist, few will doubt that he has lived…
Let’s not dance
Why will people simply not believe you when you tell them that you don’t want to dance? Their reactions mimic…
Corbyn’s blueprint
Twenty years ago Venezuela was one of the richest countries in the world. Now it is one of the poorest.…
Mick Jagger’s lost memoir
Ask any publisher of popular non–fiction anywhere in the world which book they would most like to sign, and it…
Bye bye, Buller
RIP the Bullingdon Club, 1780–2017. It isn’t quite dead — but it is down to its last two members. That’s…
It’s all too personal
When I was little I owned a set of pencils that had my name engraved on them. I didn’t have…
‘Isis? Bomb those suckers’
These are the last days of the ‘caliphate’. The place Isis made their capital, Raqqa, in Syria, is encircled and…
‘Isis? Bomb those suckers’
These are the last days of the ‘caliphate’. The place Isis made their capital, Raqqa, in Syria, is encircled and…
Toff luck
F. Scott Fitzgerald got it wrong; it’s not the rich who are different from you and me — it’s the…
Javid’s home truths
Just before Christmas, Sajid Javid performed a ritual he has observed twice a year throughout his adult life: he read…
In praise of pink Lego
There aren’t many toy companies that could make headlines in the business press merely by expanding their London offices —…
Who will be London’s next bishop?
In typical theatrical style, the outgoing Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, he of the sonorous voice and imposing beard, ‘never…
Rides without romance
You know the old designation NSIT — Not Safe in Taxis? Well, we need a new one: TSIU — Too…
Dogs for children
Henry, our springer spaniel, has died, suddenly and prematurely. With the passing weeks, we are becoming accustomed to the strange…
A choice of revolutions
Is France on the brink of a political revolution? Already, four established candidates for the presidency — two former presidents…
Dogs for children
Henry, our springer spaniel, has died, suddenly and prematurely. With the passing weeks, we are becoming accustomed to the strange…
In praise of pink Lego
There aren’t many toy companies that could make headlines in the business press merely by expanding their London offices —…
Who will be London’s next bishop?
In typical theatrical style, the outgoing Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, he of the sonorous voice and imposing beard, ‘never…
Rides without romance
You know the old designation NSIT — Not Safe in Taxis? Well, we need a new one: TSIU — Too…
A choice of revolutions
Is France on the brink of a political revolution? Already, four established candidates for the presidency — two former presidents…
In praise of pink Lego
There aren’t many toy companies that could make headlines in the business press merely by expanding their London offices —…
Who will be London’s next bishop?
In typical theatrical style, the outgoing Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, he of the sonorous voice and imposing beard, ‘never…
Rides without romance
You know the old designation NSIT — Not Safe in Taxis? Well, we need a new one: TSIU — Too…
A choice of revolutions
Is France on the brink of a political revolution? Already, four established candidates for the presidency — two former presidents…
The ghastly truth
Paul Johnson once wrote that the ability to say ‘really’ in 12 different ways was the birthright of every true…
