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‘You both need to start saving up...My Christmas list.’

List

26 July 2014 9:00 am

‘Me Tarzan...King of the...’

Tarzan

26 July 2014 9:00 am

‘This is where the class struggle really starts.’

Class

26 July 2014 9:00 am

‘Writer’s block.’

Writer

26 July 2014 9:00 am

School lessons

19 July 2014 9:00 am

During his time as Education Secretary, Michael Gove would often have occasion to quote a passage of Machiavelli: ‘There is…

Portrait of the week

19 July 2014 9:00 am

Home In a ministerial reshuffle, William Hague, who promised to leave Parliament at the election, was made Leader of the…

Barometer

19 July 2014 9:00 am

What Germans do worst Some things Germans aren’t very good at: — Making reliable car engines. According to a survey by Warranty Direct…

Letters

19 July 2014 9:00 am

No ban on Lawson Sir: You write that the BBC ‘has effectively banned’ Lord Lawson from items on climate change…

‘Chromatic Rhythms II’, 1947, by Alfredo Hlito

Books and arts

19 July 2014 9:00 am

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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

Climatic correctness

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…