Peregrine Worsthorne
N.M. Gwynne’s diary: Old names worth dropping
As I get older (and my 74th birthday is now close), I get deeper and deeper into nostalgia. I do…
'The pure pleasure of annoying people' - Peregrine Worsthorne at 90
Peregrine Worsthorne, at 90, on age, Thatcher, the public schools and the pleasure of annoying people
Remembering the journalist John Thompson, who turned down the editorship of The Spectator
John Thompson, who died last week at the age of 93, could have been editor of The Spectator if he…
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‘I’ve been made Impermanent Secretary.’
‘We’re here about the superforecaster job.’
‘I can’t get on the housing ladder.’
Narcissus feels outnumbered
‘He used to be just a manspreader.’
‘Oh no! What have I tweeted..?’
‘Yes, you could say we’re self-isolating.’
‘And let’s all try to be a little bit kinder.’
‘Poor Rishi Sunak — he has four houses to worry about.’