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‘In light of these figures, I will be doing the honourable thing and standing on someone.’

Figures

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘If women can be bishops, I want to be a synchronised swimmer.’

Swimmer

19 July 2014 9:00 am

Inspection

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘It’s a Philip Treacy mitre.’

Mitre

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘Oh my goodness! Four and twenty, you say?’

Rspb

19 July 2014 9:00 am

Obesity

19 July 2014 9:00 am

Dying

19 July 2014 9:00 am

Selfies

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘Not that one, dear — that’s the design classic. Use the one that works.’

Classic

19 July 2014 9:00 am

Business

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘When you said “The Ring”, I thought you meant Wagner.’

Ring

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘I can’t stand her “more vintage than thou” attitude.’

Vintage

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘My Dad made it himself but I get the feeling he’s never seen “Iron Man”.’

Birthday

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘It doesn’t matter that he can’t talk now that he’s texting me.’

Text

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘I am getting definite blackcurrant notes.’

Ribena

19 July 2014 9:00 am

In apologising for having Nigel Lawson on to discuss climate change, the BBC has breached its charter

12 July 2014 9:00 am

Listen to ‘Is climate change a factor in the recent extreme weather?’ on Audioboo It is only a matter of…

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Portrait of the week

12 July 2014 9:00 am

Home Theresa May, the Home Secretary, ordered a review, taking perhaps ten weeks, by Peter Wanless, the head of the…

So are public-sector workers really underpaid?

12 July 2014 9:00 am

Public benefit Public sector unions held a strike over pay. How well are public-sector workers paid compared with their counterparts…

Spectator letters: A surgeon writes on assisted dying, and an estate agent answers Harry Mount

12 July 2014 9:00 am

Real help for those in pain Sir: The fickleness of existence is exemplified by the fact that being Tony Blair’s…

‘A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling’, c.1526–28, by Hans Holbein the Younger

Books and arts

12 July 2014 9:00 am

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‘What an amazing spectacle! Cyclists not on the pavement!’

Tour

12 July 2014 9:00 am

‘Not another old episode of Jihad’s Army?!’

Tv

12 July 2014 9:00 am

‘Modern audiences don’t just sit and watch — we interact and post live comments.’

Globe

12 July 2014 9:00 am

Cow

12 July 2014 9:00 am

‘I’ll say this for heather, it’s very moorish.’

Pheasants

12 July 2014 9:00 am