Garrick Club Barbie

From issue 1531

Read this by Nick Cohen . Easily the most clear-headed commentary on the monarchy I’ve read for ages >> Kate’s critics should be ashamed of themselves spectator.co.uk/article/kates-…

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First Minister Humza Yousaf Scottish Government To all of the loons on here thrashing about the phrasing 'Lockerbie Air Disaster', would you please go and stand in front of the memorial and take a look at it?

How American journalism lets down readers and voters economist.com/united-states/… from The Economist

Have a read of this! A piece in The Observer about Rupert Murdoch that contains some sanity >> Murdoch brainwashed Britain. That’s the comforting tale the left tells itself. But is it true? ⁦gabyhinsliff⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘Written with verve and economy, this fast-paced, atmospheric story pits true love against professional integrity amid surroundings of breathtaking grandeur.’ - Wendy Holden #dailymail #LoveInALostLand #whitefox #jamesmacmanus #bookstagram #bookstagram UK #lovestory

Artificial Intelligence And The Corruption of Power., by Martin Hinton open.substack.com/pub/martinhint…

15/03/20. The last picture I have of my daughters & my dad together. A week later, we had UK lockdown. I didn’t see my terminally ill father until end of life rules allowed us a few hours together. A funeral for 20. We followed all the rules. All the rules. Shame on them. Shame.

Getting ready to party. 28 today. Happy Birthday to my lovely Domenica. What a journey we are on. ⁦Team Domenica⁩

A while ago I stopped deleting the departed from my Contacts. It’s starting now to look like a memorial wall. But I rather like that.

The weirdest “language of colonising nations” is the enduring reference to the Middle East and the Far East. Middle and Far in relation to what?

A sure signal you’re watching a period piece on TV has become the scene in which actors are reading newspapers.

The best-ever and most honest Relative Values The Times and The Sunday Times >> Shazia Mirza and her father: ‘I can’t believe I survived my childhood’

thetimes.co.uk/article/d2c0b1…

It’s a weird arrangement: an entire “Royal Family” raised in gilded cages so they can perform for our amusement.

Oh Dear and ouch from somewhere called Bertsbooks

Clearly, even the tiny benefits of the UK’s escape from the EU have yet to be realised >>

“Don’t be so eager to be offended” should be on a billboard in every city

How many readers do you suppose realise these two newspapers come out of the same building and have the same owner?