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Alec MarshThe Spectator |
An exhibition dedicated to 20th century British crime fiction has opened at Cambridge University Library. The artefacts on show range widely through...
Picture the scene; you’re Kate Middleton and it’s Saturday lunchtime. You’re out enjoying the suburban Windsor. The Audi is safely stowed...
Outside a visit to the dentist, there are few things in life as unappealing as a school reunion. That’s particularly the case when it marks an...
It is a great mystery how Zulu, a tale of imperial derring-do from the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, has avoided being cancelled. On the face of it, this is...
When Christmas comes, there are few guilt-free pleasures that match the sheer wonder of port (aside from re-watching Dr Strangelove in the wee hours...
This year A Christmas Carol is 180 years old, first published in December 1843. It had sold out by Christmas Eve. And it has a lot to answer for, not...
The film director Ridley Scott says that those who worry about the historical inaccuracies in his new biopic of Napoleon should ‘get a life’. Or...
As the autumn nights close in and the heating goes, there are few pleasures so improving for body and soul than half an hour spent in the company of...
Brits have, for many years, taken a back seat in the Space Race, but that could soon change. An all-UK team of astronauts could soon be heading into...
Have you ever considered the harm that men’s daily shaving regime does to the world? I know, if you considered the harm of everything you do on a...
Speeding kills, we’re told. But in the right circumstances, exceeding the limit is no bad thing. Take motorways: few drivers seem to stick to 70mph,...