An intelligent mix of culture, style, travel, food and money, as well as where to go and what to see

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Joined June 2012
'The truth as people in America understand it is that there was an execution on the streets of Minneapolis' Ben Clerkin, online editor of Spectator World, says the truth about Alex Pretti's shooting at the hands of ICE officers may never be known. @benclerkin | @Freddygray31
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Minnesota ICE shooting: how Trump's team turned on each other youtube.com/watch?v=JUt--_Va…
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Kingsley Amis thought her ‘one of the best English novelists born in this century’. Anita Brookner considered her ‘the Jane Austen of the 1950s and 60s’. Despite such accolades, Taylor never quite achieved the status she deserved. ✍️ Christopher Shrimpton spectator.com/article/the-ot…
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Finding the unexpected disc is the joy of a proper jukey. Any bar can offer so-called ‘classics’ from an approved list, many of which leave you cold. ✍️ Michael Henderson spectator.com/article/the-jo…
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Royal biographer Alexander Larman says Brooklyn Beckham's 'wild' allegations about his parents and the influence of 'Brand Beckham' will be carefully scrutinised. @alexlarman | @NatashaFeroze
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The entries for the Cheltenham Festival handicaps races were announced this week and so now seems a good time to try to steal a little value from bookmakers, with the four days of elite jump racing just around the corner next month. ✍️ Penworthy spectator.co.uk/article/ante…
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I saw recently that Bristol City Council wants to limit collection of its wheelie bins to once a month. In much of Britain, it is already fortnightly. But at least they have wheelie bins. ✍️ Jonathan Miller spectator.co.uk/article/brit…
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The daily bottles kept getting nicer, and by now I was stumbling onto seaplanes completely blotto and by the end of a week, I believe I was suffering a form of vintage champagne poisoning. ✍️ Sean Thomas spectator.co.uk/article/conf…
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A dog can be a real friend; a cat is merely a chimera – sometimes intimate, usually more committed to maiming and killing other innocent creatures. ✍️ Zoe Strimpel spectator.co.uk/article/we-n…
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How do you even think about flirting without being able to ask – or be asked – for a light? It isn’t alcohol that makes sex happen; it’s the flickering flame of a lighter between two people in a dark corner of a club. ✍️ Flora Watkins spectator.co.uk/article/smok…
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Women are generally more self-conscious than men; the average woman spends around 55 minutes a day on her appearance, while a sixth of women wear make-up at the gym. ✍️ Zoe Strimpel spectator.co.uk/article/the-…
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Being British is depressing because we Britons are the first globally hegemonic people to witness the decline and extinction of our world-ruling empire in little more than a generation. ✍️ Sean Thomas spectator.co.uk/article/the-…
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