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Long life

18 October 2014 9:00 am

I don’t think I can remember a time when there have been so many scares about. They come at us…

The Spectator’s Notes

1 February 2014 9:00 am

Our neighbour Philip Merricks is a farmer on Romney Marsh, 90 per cent of whose land is below sea level.…

The gorge between Romania and Serbia, known as the Iron Gates of the Danube

Beginning at the end

14 December 2013 9:00 am

For much of its history the Danube has been a disappointment. It looks so tempting on the map but, far…