Penguins
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‘That? That’s the smoking area.’
The Spectator
Thursday
Englishquarter
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‘Around here somewhere they have an English quarter.’
Gothic
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‘It looked different in the brochure.’
Burgers
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‘Here comes the world’s largest super-jumbo airbus...’
Stars
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‘Don’t the stars make you feel small.’
Doesgodexist
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Zero
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‘Maybe Madam would like to try something that matches her personality?’
Rating
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Magictree
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Popewaiting
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‘And the winner is… Nigel Farage.’
Hedgehog
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‘I love the horror genre.’
Film Viewer
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‘This film contains strong language from the outset, soon giving way to mealy-mouthed euphemism.’
Letters | 14 March 2013
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Sir David must stand down Sir: Reading the reports of Sir David Nicholson’s evidence before the House of Commons Health Committee on 5 March 2013 (Leading article, 9 March), it seems to me inconceivable that he could remain in his post. We are informed by the Prime Minister that in the current circumstances the NHS
Barometer | 14 March 2013
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Minority report The Queen signed a new Commonwealth charter denouncing ‘discrimination of all kinds’, leading campaigners to suggest that she was supporting gay marriage. Peter Tatchell asserted that 6 per cent of the population are gay. What other estimates are there? — 37% by Dr Alfred Kinsey in 1953 (strictly an estimate of men who
Portrait of the week | 14 March 2013
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Home Chris Huhne, the energy secretary until last year, and his former wife Vicky Pryce were each sentenced to eight months in jail for perverting the course of justice. Huhne’s sentence was reduced by 10 per cent as he had pleaded guilty, on the eve of his trial. Abu Qatada was returned to prison for
Justin Welby and the welfare state
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From Robert Runcie’s attack on Tory Pharisees to Rowan Williams’s missives on the Iraq war, the ecclesiastical opposition housed in Lambeth Palace has in recent times been a frequent source of unease to the government of the day. If any ministers were hoping Justin Welby would be a quieter presence than his predecessor, they were
Books and Arts – 14 March 2013
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Monday
Breaking: Chris Huhne sentenced to 8 months
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Former Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has been sentenced to eight months in jail, a judge has announced at Southwark Crown Court in the last few minutes. His ex-wife Vicky Pryce was also sentenced for eight months. It’s worth reading the interview that Chris Huhne gave to the Guardian’s Patrick Wintour before his sentencing at Southwark
Thursday
Toilets
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‘They’ve been closed to stop benefit tourists from using them.’
Dogs 2
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‘I’ve got a book in me.’