My latest ailment is Mild Exasperation With Everything
Is there a cure? Perhaps buying nine of the 12 volumes of the Scott Moncrieff translation of Proust will help.
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Now mine has been stolen, I realise how personal a phone is
I’ve lived in London for nearly 32 years and this is the first time it has happened to me, and…
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Letter of the week: A state’s real wealth
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Why do business people talk so loudly?
My afternoon treat of whitebait and oysters was ruined when Knob of the Year sat down at the next door…
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Who would be a student in 2023?
Undergraduates face inadequate maintenance loans, poor housing and a soaring cost of living – I feel dreadful for them.
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Subscriber of the week: Shadi Brazell
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This England: Bog standards
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Letter of the week: Wealth and learning
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