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First I cursed the Calais migrants — then I thanked them
The Eurostar train descended gently into the Channel Tunnel, went halfway along it, and then stopped. There it remained for…
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The Eurostar train descended gently into the Channel Tunnel, went halfway along it, and then stopped. There it remained for…
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The Eurostar train descended gently into the Channel Tunnel, went halfway along it, and then stopped. There it remained for…
The pointlessness of outlawing hogging the middle lane
It is nearly two years since the police were granted new powers to fine motorists for ‘hogging’ the middle lane…
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It is nearly two years since the police were granted new powers to fine motorists for ‘hogging’ the middle lane…
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It is nearly two years since the police were granted new powers to fine motorists for ‘hogging’ the middle lane…
Alan Rusbridger’s final oath
My friend Alan Rusbridger has just given up editing the Guardian after a distinguished 20-year reign that has climaxed, as…
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My friend Alan Rusbridger has just given up editing the Guardian after a distinguished 20-year reign that has climaxed, as…
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My friend Alan Rusbridger has just given up editing the Guardian after a distinguished 20-year reign that has climaxed, as…
Dressing up for the opera is not elitist
It’s June, and the country-house summer opera festivals are now in full swing. Glyndebourne, which opened the season last month,…
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It’s June, and the country-house summer opera festivals are now in full swing. Glyndebourne, which opened the season last month,…
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It’s June, and the country-house summer opera festivals are now in full swing. Glyndebourne, which opened the season last month,…
Living next door to someone rich, and beside a motorway, makes you fat and your blood pressure soar
I wrote last week about a swarm of bees that had attached itself to a wall of my house, as…
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I wrote last week about a swarm of bees that had attached itself to a wall of my house, as…
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I wrote last week about a swarm of bees that had attached itself to a wall of my house, as…
Inside, pursued by a swarm of bees
From reading the newspapers you might get the impression that honeybees were on the way to extinction. In Europe, it…
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From reading the newspapers you might get the impression that honeybees were on the way to extinction. In Europe, it…
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From reading the newspapers you might get the impression that honeybees were on the way to extinction. In Europe, it…
A Finnish man was fined £83,000 for speeding because his annual income is £10.1 million
I have rather a poor record for speeding over the years. I have been caught by cameras quite often, sometimes…
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I have rather a poor record for speeding over the years. I have been caught by cameras quite often, sometimes…
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I have rather a poor record for speeding over the years. I have been caught by cameras quite often, sometimes…
What Italy made of the result of the British general election (not much)
On election day I was in Puglia in the ‘heel’ of Italy, where interest in British politics could hardly be…
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On election day I was in Puglia in the ‘heel’ of Italy, where interest in British politics could hardly be…
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On election day I was in Puglia in the ‘heel’ of Italy, where interest in British politics could hardly be…
The over-75s are being asked if they would like to sign their own death warrants
It’s more than four months now since my 75th birthday, but I’m still waiting for a ‘cold call’ from the…
