Alexander Chancellor

Alexander Chancellor was editor of The Spectator 1975-1984. He currently writes the Long Life column.

Long life

28 January 2017 9:00 am

I keep finding myself singing ‘Nellie the elephant’ who, packing her trunk and saying goodbye to the circus, went off…

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26 January 2017 3:00 pm

I keep finding myself singing ‘Nellie the elephant’ who, packing her trunk and saying goodbye to the circus, went off…

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26 January 2017 3:00 pm

I keep finding myself singing ‘Nellie the elephant’ who, packing her trunk and saying goodbye to the circus, went off…

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21 January 2017 9:00 am

I am very bad at remembering my dreams: I would have been a poor patient for Dr Freud. But I…

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19 January 2017 3:00 pm

I am very bad at remembering my dreams: I would have been a poor patient for Dr Freud. But I…

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19 January 2017 3:00 pm

I am very bad at remembering my dreams: I would have been a poor patient for Dr Freud. But I…

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14 January 2017 9:00 am

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, likes making and keeping New Year resolutions. In recent years he has learnt Mandarin,…

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12 January 2017 3:00 pm

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, likes making and keeping New Year resolutions. In recent years he has learnt Mandarin,…

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12 January 2017 3:00 pm

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, likes making and keeping New Year resolutions. In recent years he has learnt Mandarin,…

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7 January 2017 9:00 am

The past year has been tumultuous, full of upheaval and tragedy, but my chickens have been spared it all. Indeed,…

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5 January 2017 3:00 pm

The past year has been tumultuous, full of upheaval and tragedy, but my chickens have been spared it all. Indeed,…

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5 January 2017 3:00 pm

The past year has been tumultuous, full of upheaval and tragedy, but my chickens have been spared it all. Indeed,…

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29 December 2016 3:00 pm

New Year’s Day is the most depressing of holidays. It doesn’t celebrate anyone or anything worth celebrating. It simply marks…

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29 December 2016 3:00 pm

New Year’s Day is the most depressing of holidays. It doesn’t celebrate anyone or anything worth celebrating. It simply marks…

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29 December 2016 3:00 pm

New Year’s Day is the most depressing of holidays. It doesn’t celebrate anyone or anything worth celebrating. It simply marks…

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10 December 2016 9:00 am

While American conservatives, including Donald Trump and the Cuban exiles in Florida, whooped with joy at the news of the…

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8 December 2016 3:00 pm

While American conservatives, including Donald Trump and the Cuban exiles in Florida, whooped with joy at the news of the…

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8 December 2016 3:00 pm

While American conservatives, including Donald Trump and the Cuban exiles in Florida, whooped with joy at the news of the…

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3 December 2016 9:00 am

Most people who die in Britain are now cremated — more than 70 per cent of them — but there…

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1 December 2016 3:00 pm

Most people who die in Britain are now cremated — more than 70 per cent of them — but there…

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1 December 2016 3:00 pm

Most people who die in Britain are now cremated — more than 70 per cent of them — but there…

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26 November 2016 9:00 am

Do you remember Liberace? Yes, of course you do. Who could forget him? The Wisconsin-born son of a poor Italian…

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24 November 2016 3:00 pm

Do you remember Liberace? Yes, of course you do. Who could forget him? The Wisconsin-born son of a poor Italian…

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24 November 2016 3:00 pm

Do you remember Liberace? Yes, of course you do. Who could forget him? The Wisconsin-born son of a poor Italian…

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19 November 2016 9:00 am

I started watching The Crown, the £100-million television series on the early years of the Queen’s reign, on Netflix but…