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Loud but not clear
The SpectatorLoud but not clear The Trades Union Congress, gathering at Brighton on Monday, opens the political season. The TUC meets when unemployment is nudging two million, higher than...
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Notebook
The SpectatorNotebook Few of us who work in ;ourrnalism i III iltorget the dclponicnc\ which ctCtid(l uLponI our colleagues of Ili liclCes whcn the newNsp iper 'n as closed last x ear. Ihe...
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The case for conscription
The SpectatorAnother voice The case for conscription Auberon Waugh Montarnaur, Aude BefOre pursuing mx inluirv into what it is that makes the Fr'ench a happier. saner, more prosperous...
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Inside the Lenin shipyard
The SpectatorInside the Lenin shipyard Tim Garton Ash (Gim .sk -1 he vkorkcrs in Gdansk hclickc thc\ arc thc masters in Polandi novk 'I think torlorro" we change gokernment'. a \oung...
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A message to the Shires
The SpectatorA message to the Shires Henry Fairlie i Ias /I hl'iV,,,. It is pleasinge to k no\ from the corresponde1nee CO luMIP that I am read in tile Shires. But I ani sorrm t hat mx...
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Sex and the Synod
The SpectatorSex and the Synod Peter Nichols Rom C Was remindLed1 this week of aI convcrsationl With the Jesuit gencral, Father Pedro Arrupc Whe,, hie gave me, over dinner everil y ears...
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Russia after the circus
The SpectatorRussia after the circus Christopher Booker An alnmost reflex habit \ou gZt into in the looki ng-glass \orld ot the So-,let Un ion - trom wChere I recentI\ returned after three...
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The trials of Mr Murray
The SpectatorThe trials of Mr Murray Peter Paterson Therc seemn little prospect that Mr l-onid Nlurravsk. OBEI. v ill be removed from his post as head of the official trade union movement,...
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A port for willing workers
The SpectatorA port for willing workers Richard West Fe'lixrsto we Ihe Collapse of our heavy industrv in the Midlands andl the North has been accomPanied by a revival of fortunes in what,...
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Too many mirages
The SpectatorToo many mirages Tony Rudd Therecent handling of thcgilt-edged market bN the authorities brings to mind the ordeal of John Mills in the desert war film ce C/old ii Alex The...
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[Sir: Mr Hastings, mentioning my name as...]
The SpectatorSir: Mr Hastings, mentioning m! namne as Anthony Blunt's literary agent, writes: It would be unreasonable to expect moral indignation from any of the representatives of what...
Smear and taint
The SpectatorSmear and taint Sir: Very nice of Peregrine Worsthorne to try to -elevate me to the rank of distinguished Marxist philosopher (Notebook. 16 August), but it will take a bit more...
[Sir: The article by Max Hastings, with the...]
The SpectatorLetters I A question of hubris Sir: The article bx Max Hastings, with the revolting headline 'The hubris of Anthony Blunt' (23 August) is, by a short head, the most...
Living cathedrals
The SpectatorLiving cathedrals Sir: I have not vet read Gerald Cobb's English Cathedrals. The Forgoutei Ceni'uries. Your reviewer (26 July ) gives a fascinating glimpse of the author living...
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[Sir: Hostile as Patrick Marnham's views on...]
The SpectatorSir: Hostile as Patrick Marnham's views on Israel and Zionism are, they do at least have the virtue of consistency. In Marnham's private world, Zionism is an unmitigated evil...
Orwell's Southwold
The SpectatorOrwell's Southwold Sir: Richard West ends his article on Southwold (23 August) bh calling it a 'favourite own' of George Orwell and Clement Attlee. This ma\ be true of Attlee,...
[Sir: I do not take the Spectator regularly,...]
The SpectatorInterpreting history Sir: I do not take the Spectalor regularly, and have only just seen Mr Patrick Marnham's Postscript, 'History abused' (12 July). But it made me ask what...
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Lourdes: A Modern Pilgrimage Patrick Marnham
The SpectatorBooks Serving God and mammon rs *.. michard Ingrams Lourdes: A Modern Pilgrimage Patrick Marnham (Heinemann £8.50) The facts - though mans will dispute the Word - arc well...
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Mountbatten: Hero of our time Richard Hough Fifty years with Mountbatten Charles Smith
The SpectatorSemi-royal Alastair Forbes Mountbatten: Hero of our time Richard Hough (Weidenfeld £8.50) Fifty vears with Mountbatten Charles Smith (Sidgwick £5.95) '1odav he was...
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The Great Gunnery Scandal: The Mystery of Jutland Anthony Pollen
The SpectatorIf only ... Philip Warner The Great Gunnery Scandal: The Mvs- tery of Jutland Anthony Pollen (Collins £7.50) 'There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships...
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The Hill of Kronos Peter Levi
The SpectatorPhilhellene Jonathan Keates The Hill of Kronos Peter Levi (collins £6 95) I tigilorl~lizzz Wetc nlot nowadavs so f(sI(W abt le1 imgigt ie templted to miake l virt'c f ni {...
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Sir Henry and Sons; Mr Nicholas; Daymare Thomas Hinde
The SpectatorMenacing Francis King Sir Henry and Sons; Mr Nicholas; Day- mare Thomas Hinde (Macmillan £6.95 each) A few years ago I was touring Romania bN car with a friend, when I...
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Cosi fan tutte; 11 matrimonio segreto
The SpectatorEdinburgh Festival Oh de Cologne Geoffrey Wheatcroft Cosi fan tutte; 11 matrimonio segreto (Cologne Opera) I ~. IIlihIr u, I LI I-X\i\ 1" h II C~a "k~ III i) I1 ,IC CIII...
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Line 'Em (Cottesloe)
The SpectatorTheatre Essay r% Bryan Robertson Lirle'Em (Cottesloe) -Otnfrontation is the VCer stuff of dramia. With the varying kinds and degrees of nieceg-to-terms nccssarN to achieve...
Breaking Glass
The SpectatorCinema This England Peter Ackroyd Breaking Glass i ('AA' selected cinemas) At the beginning of Broken Glass, the camera roams around an English 'pop' party. Some familiar...
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Countryman
The SpectatorArt Countryman John McEwen 6(;1,$/pard |)utghet', ca0//(d Ga(,$'2pard( P()zs.0.$i1, 115- 75 . -A Fl-utich hudscape p)ai'lmer iii I 71h-c('lri R?.ome( a urd h1is i'tiflucticc...
English haven
The SpectatorHigh life English have[' Taki Islani d of Kea Last week I sailed to Kea, at first glance just another brown, barrcn, rather boring9 island 5( miles cast of Athens. I had...
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Collisions
The SpectatorLows life Collisions Jeffrey Bernard Such is ll , the country that a pub Chang, g handis is the event Of the month. TIhat and the Lambourn carnival. No wonder then that a...
Satan sick
The SpectatorPostscript Satan sick Patrick Marnham Pijsa, halv Pisa in August is one of the great centres of 20th-centur\ culture. The Piazza dei Miracoli. site of the Leaning Tower. is...