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Birth order means more than school or faith
Kirkcaldy High School vs Eton, Highland Scot vs Newbury toff, Edinburgh University vs Oxford. If you are choosing between Gordon Brown and David...
Spectator, The, 01/12/08 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
New labour's war against the childless
In the ninth month of her pregnancy, Alice Thomson calls on the Tories to stick up for those who have no babies LABOUR has become the party of the...
Spectator, The, 05/20/00 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
Nevis on a Sunday
WHEN I heard that Tony Blair was contemplating a short break in Nevis with Cherie after Christmas, I was appalled. This tiny former dependency in...
Spectator, The, 01/29/00 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
Kensington Place
WE were playing a drunken, late-night game of charades on holiday a few years ago. One of the party acted out Diana, a duck and a cake. Everyone...
Spectator, The, 07/31/99 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
criterion, The
WHERE do you take a restaurateur for lunch? If you invite him to his own establishment; he'll spend the whole time wanting to straighten the...
Spectator, The, 07/17/99 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
Bam-Bou
WHY write a restaurant review about a place where you've had a horrible time? What's the point? Who wants to read about dirty cutlery, overcooked...
Spectator, The, 07/03/99 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
Diary
Zimbabwe I have been doing restaurant reviews for this magazine for a year and, while I have grown very partial to griddled foie gas, I am less...
Spectator, The, 06/19/99 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
MR chow
I FIRST met Frank striding across a muddy Somerset field in his Armani suit and loafers, delivering a lecture to the cows on the false assumption...
Spectator, The, 06/19/99 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
Zaika
THE worst meal I have eaten recently was a fat-free honey and raisin muffin from one of those places that prides itself on doing small, skinny,...
Spectator, The, 06/05/99 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication -
Restaurants as theatre: Fish
`FISH is the last great wild food resource,' says the menu at Fish! `So why are we eating it all up?' I asked the nubile German waitress. `Fish iz...
Spectator, The, 05/22/99 by Thomson, Alice · More from publication
