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Confessions of a 40-something brace face
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From the magazineTwo bets for Ayr
From Spectator LifeThere is plenty of competitive racing at Ayr over the next two days, quite apart from tomorrow’s Coral Scottish Grand National. With some decent prize money on offer too, it is not surprising that the quality of the cards is high. The Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle (tomorrow, 2.25 p.m.), unlike its English counterpart at the Cheltenham
An only child is a lonely child
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At the start of January, Donald Trump offered up a cheery new year message for Americans. ‘If I don’t get immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t get immunity,’ the former president declared on his social media platform Truth Social. With this, he touched on a looming question about 2024: will the presidential race be decided
The dangers of political prosecution
At the start of January, Donald Trump offered up a cheery new year message for Americans. ‘If I don’t get immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t get immunity,’ the former president declared on his social media platform Truth Social. With this, he touched on a looming question about 2024: will the presidential race be decided
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Why garage punk is plainly the apogee of human achievement
From the magazineHow is it that a group that sounds like the Hives are selling out the Apollo? In a world configured according to expectation, the highlight of their year would be an appearance at the Rebellion punk festival in Blackpool, probably high up the bill on the second stage. They’d headline their own shows at places
We have lost an unforgettable teacher and one of Britain’s great critics
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From the magazineHow flabby our ideas of draughtsmanship have become
From the magazinePlayer Kings proves that Shakespeare can be funny
From the magazineShould beautiful actors be allowed to play those with plain faces?
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‘‘I like an older woman – you could get me fags’’
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‘‘I’m sleeping rough as much as I can before they criminalise it.’’
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