Jacques le Ripper, p36

Paying tribute to Jan Gossaert, p43

Who’s pulling the strings, p12

3 Leading article 7 Portrait of the Week 9 Diary Florence King 10 Politics James Forsyth 11 The Spectator’s Notes 17 Rod Liddle 18 Barometer 19 Ancient and modern 22 Hugo Rifkind 25 Mind your language 27 Letters 28 Any other business Martin Vander Weyer 56 Wine Club Simon Hoggart 59 Bridge Susanna Gross 60 Chess Raymond Keene 61 Competition;Crossword 62 Status anxiety Toby Young Dave Michael Heath 63 The Wiki Man Rory Sutherland Your problems solved Mary Killen

Kate Chisholm is away

12 Enemies of the Crown The prince and the republicans

Fraser Nelson 13 George Szirtes ‘We Love Life

Whenever We Can’: a poem 14 Kate’s other royal connection

The Middletons and the Boleyns Charlotte Eagar 16 Allergic to freedom

Why do Eurocrats hate herbs? Daniel Hannan 18 March of the women Feminism had little to do with it

Paul Johnson 20 Pulped by the MoD Why the taxpayer bought my book

Toby Harnden 25 Not at the races

Cheltenham without the Irish Robin Oakley Books 30 Philip Hensher Afgansty, by Rodric

Braithwaite 32 Justin Cartwright A Just Defiance,

by Peter Harris 33 Bookends Patrick Skene Catling Ian Harrow ‘Chronology’: a poem 34 Max Mosley No Angel, by Tom

Bower; Bernie, by Susan Watkins 35 Anthony Cummins Anatomy of a

Disappearance, by Hisham Matar 36 Judith Flanders The Killer of Little

Shepherds, by Douglas Starr

37 Hywell Williams Exorcising Hitler,

by Frederick Taylor Michael Henderson Ravel, by

Roger Nichols 38 Francis King on Sybille Bedford 39 William Wootten ‘Carriages’: a poem Arts 41 Interview Lord Harewood Henrietta Bredin 42 Pop Marcus Berkmann 43 Exhibitions Jan Gossaert’s Renaissance

Andrew Lambirth 44 Cinema His & Hers

Deborah Ross 46 Opera Il Trovatore; Die Fledermaus

Michael Tanner 47 TheatreTheWizard of Oz;

AGuide to Sexual Misery Lloyd Evans 49 Dance

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Giannandrea Poesio 50 Culture notes Ed Rex Television James Delingpole Life 57 High life Taki Low life Jeremy Clarke 58 Real life Melissa Kite 59 Wild life Aidan Hartley

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