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Nine cartoonists are shortlisted for the first ever Michael Heath Award for cartooning. The theme of the contest, sponsored by John Lobb, is ‘Man in Motion’. Work by four of the shortlisted artists is below. We’ll print four more next week, and the winner on 7 December. Thanks to all who entered — and congratulations
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Byron Rogers Rhys Davies by Meic Stephens (Parthian, £20). This is the first full-length biography of the grocer’s son from the Valleys who, in the course of a long and industrious life spent mainly in London (where guardsmen were), wrote over 100 short stories and 20 novels and was hailed as the Welsh Chekhov. Helpfully,
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From this week’s Spectator, our cartoon editor Michael Heath offers his take on George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme. Subscribe from just £1 a week here.
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‘Are you sure you want me to carry on with this, Mr Dimbleby?’
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‘It’s not Kafkaesque, it’s normal.’
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‘It’s such a perfect day, I’m glad I spent it with you...’
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‘Instant? Certainly, madam. Take a seat and someone will be with you in a minute.’
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‘We are very happy with the Chinese-themed room but could you remove the panda, please.’
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‘Could that be from his blue period?’
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‘It’s the director’s cut.’
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‘I can’t see us ever having a boring housebuying anecdote of our own.’
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‘Where is everyone? It’s like the Marie Celeste in here.’
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‘Want to switch energy suppliers?’
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‘In these straitened times, our shareholders need more money.’
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Whose tattoos? David Dimbleby, 75, has had a scorpion tattooed on his right shoulder. Some more tattoo-wearers who perhaps ought to know better: — Lady Steel, 71, wife of former liberal leader David Steel (pink jaguar on left shoulder). — Vanessa Feltz, 51 (photographed with Bob Marley on left arm, although it’s not known to
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Rod rage Sir: Like most cyclists, who also own a car and pay road tax, I enjoy a pedal along the lanes where I act with consideration for other road users, and the vast majority of them treat me likewise. Cycling in traffic is quite scary but now I know that Rod Liddle could be
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Home EDF Energy said it would put up prices by 3.9 per cent. BT Sport spent £897 million on the rights to show Champions League football for three years, provoking a 10 per cent fall in BSkyB shares. The rate of inflation fell from 2.7 per cent to 2.2, as measured by the consumer prices index; as measured