Fat 3
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‘Omigod! You’ve made me look so fat!’
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Thursday
Signing
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Knock 2
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Plans
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Cakes
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Fakir
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Close
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‘This is where the most awful things happen.’
Tank 2
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Architects 2
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‘I can’t wait to see what nickname they give our new building.’
Fingers
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‘Online home delivery? About those sponge fingers I ordered…’
Cells
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‘I’m a World Cup widow — my husband said England wouldn’t win, so I stabbed him.’
Blair 2
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‘They’re “W”, “M” and “D”.’
Spectator letters: The trouble with religion, alternatives to HS2, and whisky-drinking dogs
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A history of persecution Sir: Colin Brown (Letters, 7 June) ignores some good reasons for keeping religion out of society. Small groups of believers are fine, but not totalitarian dictatorships. The early Christians were treated as heretics until 313 ad, when Constantine made what became the Roman Catholic Church the official religion of the Roman
If you thought this World Cup was weird, take a look at Brazil 1950
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Old world Brazil has struggled to get ready for the World Cup, even though it hosted it before, in 1950. Some oddities of that tournament: — There was no final, as such. The winner was to be decided by a second group stage. But it came down to the last match, Brazil vs Uruguay, in
Portrait of the week | 12 June 2014
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Home After an Ofsted inspection of 21 schools in Birmingham (none of them faith schools), against the background of allegations of attempts of a Muslim takeover in a so-called Operation Trojan Horse, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, joined Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, in seizing upon an observation by Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief
The new Iraq war
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[audioplayer src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_12_June_2014_v4.mp3″ title=”Former solider Tom Tugendhat and Fraser Nelson discuss ISIS in Iraq” startat=1758] Listen [/audioplayer]Seven weeks ago, Barack Obama proclaimed that ‘it’s time to turn the page on more than a decade of war’. The people of Iraq do not have this option. They’ve seen, in Basra, Iran-backed militias take on and defeat the
Books and arts – 12 June 2014
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Wednesday
Video: London cabbies, Über alles
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What’s upsetting London cabbies? Is it really that Transport for London aren’t fairly implementing the special privileges awarded to Hackney Carriages, or are they simply against a bit of healthy competition? According to some, it’s all Goldman Sachs’ fault, but can the iconic London taxi stem the tide of technological change forever? We sent The
Saturday
Cameron should stop the Tory wars – or send for the man who can
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Modern Conservatives seem to be allergic to success. Every time things are going right, the party spasms. Sir John Major’s government nurtured a remarkable economic recovery, yet was beaten after its infighting appalled voters. In opposition, David Cameron acquired a habit of blowing opinion poll leads — a habit he did not, alas, shake off
Friday
Cut your energy bills with The Spectator
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Here’s something that you won’t read often in The Spectator: Ed Miliband is right. Britain’s energy market is broken, and a small number of big companies have the upper hand against consumers. But the solution, of course, isn’t state intervention – it’s more competition. That’s why The Spectator is making its own foray into the
