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The Spectator

11 April 2026 Aus

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Life

Aussie Life

Aussie life

‘You’ve come a long way, baby,’ said the slogan which positioned Virginia Slims as the cigarette for the emancipated American…

Aussie Life

Language

It was one hundred years ago this year that the great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova toured Australia and New Zealand…

Drink

White port is the new G&T

Spring is here and, as the garden blooms, readers might find themselves reaching for the Pink Diesel to enjoy in…

Best life

The perils of being a coffee snob

It was when I was staying recently with the Frums in D.C. that, for a dizzying moment, I thought my…

Mind your language

Is a ‘link-up’ a modern ‘flash mob’?

The public disturbances in Clapham, achieved by social media link-ups, have their precedents. ‘You can imagine what an exhilarating week…

Wild life

The cattle rustlers have returned

Kenya When a mob of Somali cattle I bought in Kenya’s far north arrived on the farm in February, we…

Real life

How far would I go for oil?

The oil delivery man had way too much swagger and, as he waved his nozzle about, I realised that he…

Dear Mary

Dear Mary: how can I tell a friend she has Mounjaro face?

Q. Like many women of a certain age, I’m ‘on the pen’. I’ve lost about 20lb on Mounjaro, which I…

The Wiki Man

The real reason we should be burning our own gas

Regular readers of this column will be familiar with my promoting an idea called a ‘Paceometer’ (pictured). Rather than presenting…

Competition

Spectator Competition: Take heed

Comp. 3444 invited you to submit a Hilaire Belloc-style cautionary tale for our times. This one was last set in…

No sacred cows

The noble work of chairlift diplomacy

In 1956, three British MPs encountered a group of Swiss politicians in the bar of the Hotel Fluela in Davos…