October 2019 Issue

FROM THE MAGAZINE

October 2019

‘Our contributors are chosen for originality and sense of style, not political affiliation. It’s not The Spectator’s job to tell people how to think: we want to entertain and challenge readers.’

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Nostalgia sells — but you have to get it right

For Hendrick’s, we took our cue from the vintage stills used to create the gin

By Steven Grasse

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Junk food is my American dream

If you are a fat kid, it is an indelible state that can never be escaped much as one might try

By Molly Jong-Fast

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Who else misses smoking in a bar?

Instead of teachers or parents, smokers now hide from busybodies

By Billy McMorris

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Hipsters are getting high on an alcohol-free cocktail

Kin has become popular as swatches of America veer towards sinless living and self-care

By Antonia Hitchens

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Why do Americans and Brits write about alcohol so differently?

American drink writing tends to be self-flagellating: the recovering alcoholic’s remembrance of sins past

By Nina Caplan

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