The Spectator

‘Him’, 2001, by Maurizio Cattelan (Installation view)

Books and arts

16 August 2014 9:00 am

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‘I take it this is your first literary festival.’

Festival

16 August 2014 9:00 am

‘I only have to watch this programme and I put weight on!’

Bakeoff

16 August 2014 9:00 am

‘They’re in some kind of feeding frenzy.’

Frenzy

16 August 2014 9:00 am

‘A hundred lines, Miss? But I’ll be out of my tree!’

Lines

16 August 2014 9:00 am

Warsi

16 August 2014 9:00 am

‘He’s a prolific media commentator.’

Critic

16 August 2014 9:00 am

Ashes

16 August 2014 9:00 am

‘Isn’t it great not having anything to wear?’

Wear

16 August 2014 9:00 am

Homes

16 August 2014 9:00 am

‘Please, relax — I’m a very qualified surgeon and Mr and Mrs Piggy have yet to make a mistake.’

Surgeon

16 August 2014 9:00 am

Butterfly

16 August 2014 9:00 am

The welfare line

9 August 2014 9:00 am

George Osborne proposed an attractive idea this week: that spending on state benefits should be diverted into new infrastructure in…

Portrait of the week

9 August 2014 9:00 am

Home The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined 50 heads of state at the St Symphorien cemetery near Mons to…

Letters

9 August 2014 9:00 am

Poor treatment Sir: Jane Kelly’s article (‘No tea or sympathy’, 2 August) on the lack of empathy and emotional support…

‘The Cornfield’, 1918, by John Nash

Books and arts

9 August 2014 9:00 am

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‘Strewth, Skippy — the Poms have gone fracking crazy.’

Fracking

9 August 2014 9:00 am

‘This is the first world war schedule to end all first world war schedules.’

Scheduler

9 August 2014 9:00 am

Cashpoint

9 August 2014 9:00 am

‘Rain doesn’t bother me — it’s like sanctions off Vladimir Putin’s back.’

Putin

9 August 2014 9:00 am

‘Well, according to Google Images it’s not a catapult.’

Mice

9 August 2014 9:00 am

Toll

9 August 2014 9:00 am

‘We’re more of a whinge tank, really…’

Whinge

9 August 2014 9:00 am

‘He loved Starbucks.’

Starbucks

9 August 2014 9:00 am

‘If I want to go to bloody assertiveness classes, I’ll go, OK?!’

Assertiveness

9 August 2014 9:00 am