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Nick Cohen reviews for the Spectator Oliver Kamm’s new book Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage , whose title ...

From the old jokes home: Q: What is the difference between a buffalo and a bison? A: A buffalo is a large hairy mammal, millions ...

This is from the 19 March edition. Standards slipping If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything – a quote that say...

This is from the 9 March edition. Less greed needed Egalitarian England and the UK – a land of gradually decaying palaces, manor hous...

The first of a five-part series , A Polite Hatred , on growing anti-semitism in the UK is an interview with novelist Howard Jacobson. Quote...

The 77th in this occasional series of reprints from  Quote Unquote  the magazine is from the June 1995 issue. The intro read: Dav...

The 76th in this occasional series of reprints from  Quote Unquote  the magazine is from the June 1995 issue. Mark Broatch, currently t...

I have just finished editing a book by Bruce Ansley about the back roads of New Zealand. The first time I worked with Bruce was on Coas...

From the 23 February edition: Same old, same old Both opinions of Joe Bennett and Peter Dornauf are the same old gurgitation, ever se...

Amazing that we can have a longlist of nine for the 2015 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. All hail Craig Sisterson for organising th...