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‘We are told that “we’re in this together” by people who can afford to wait out the epidemic in the way the aristocrats of old retreated to their estates when the plague arrived in the city. It is more accurate to say that we are, as this edition’s cover puts it, “together, alone”.’
Shrieks, shots and broken china: a visit to my rural French doctor
As we all sat in the waiting room, we wondered what social enormity the doctor might commit next
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Texas or Hell
‘You can go to Hell, but I am going to Texas,’ said Davy Crockett. I think he had a point
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Dwelling on death in Gstaad
Living dangerously helps put death in the right perspective
By Taki
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Ghost riders in the sky
In Lavenham, American history is unlocked by a pint of fine English ale
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It’s gonna be a long day with myself
Why am I so hungry? Oh because it’s noon and I’ve been on Twitter for four hours
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Heads in the cloud
Life in the age of COVID-19 is connected but unconnected
By Sam Leith
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Why ‘housewife’ is no more demeaning than ‘husband’
‘Housewife’ meaning ‘woman in charge of a household’ was also sometimes pronounced ‘husif’. By the 16th century it was worn down to ‘hussy’
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