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From the magazineBling / Conspicuous luxury looks cheap
From Spectator LifeBitter pill / The problem with vets
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From Spectator LifeWhy the old are getting younger
From Spectator LifeResearchers at the Humboldt University of Berlin have discovered that we no longer consider ourselves old until we’re 74. What’s more, by the time you reach 74, you think old age begins at 77. Which is something to celebrate – just don’t tell the Department for Work and Pensions or they’ll get more bright ideas about pushing
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The Xi files
China’s global spy network
The Xi files: how China spies
Most states spy. In principle there’s nothing to stop them. But China’s demand for intelligence on the rest of the world goes far beyond anything western intelligence agencies would typically gather. It encompasses masses of commercial data and intellectual property and has been described by Keith Alexander, a former head of America’s National Security Agency,
The Xi files: how China spies
Most states spy. In principle there’s nothing to stop them. But China’s demand for intelligence on the rest of the world goes far beyond anything western intelligence agencies would typically gather. It encompasses masses of commercial data and intellectual property and has been described by Keith Alexander, a former head of America’s National Security Agency,
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Taylor Swift’s new album is exhausting
From the magazineHow to explain the supercharged star power of Taylor Swift? An undeniably gifted artist, Swift’s albums 1989, Folklore and Evermore, in particular, are excellent. She has written a battery of terrific pop songs. She is a generous and skilled performer. To suggest she is overrated is not an insult, therefore, but simply a comment on
Sordid, ugly and threadbare: Jimmy Carr – Natural Born Killer reviewed
From the magazineCheesy remake of Our Mutual Friend: London Tide, at the Lyttelton Theatre, reviewed
From the magazineTennis romance that doesn’t contain much tennis: Challengers reviewed
From the magazine‘I couldn’t afford loo roll’: Bruce Robinson on being skint, Zeffirelli’s advances and Withnail’s return
From the magazineThe latest Venice Biennale is ideologically and aesthetically bankrupt
From the magazineYou could have built a tent city from all the red chinos: Aci by the River reviewed
From the magazineCartoons
‘‘We’re looking for people to stand as Conservatives.’’
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‘‘How openly Jewish are we talking, Control? Will we need back-up?’’
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