The Spectator

A shameful U-turn at the National Trust

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What has happened to Dame Helen Ghosh? Last October the director-general of the National Trust seemed prepared to stand against the green orthodoxy which exists in the public and voluntary sectors. She declared that she had an ‘open mind’ on fracking, while she rejected the case for wind farms on the Trust’s land. Her approach

Portrait of the week | 1 May 2014

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Home The British economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2014, disappointing hotheads who’d expected 1 per cent. It was 3.1 per cent bigger than a year earlier, but 0.6 per cent smaller than in 2008. Pfizer, the American pharmaceutical company, said it wanted to take over AstraZeneca, with a £60 billion bid that would make

Bread

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‘I’ve always loved nice bread then one day I thought, “I know, why don’t I bake my own?”’

Machines

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‘They fill the gap left by the chocolate vending machines that we were forced to get rid of — and they make much more profit.’

Snorkelling

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‘And this is where the snorkelling adventure took a turn for the worse. You may want to look away.’

Love 3

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‘I’m going to have to love you, like you on Facebook, connect with you on LinkedIn, follow you on Twitter — and leave you.’