Talking sport, p14

Holy cow!, p16

5 Leading article 9 Portrait of the Week 11 Diary Bruce Anderson 12 Politics James Forsyth 13 The Spectator’s Notes 17 Rod Liddle 20 Barometer 21 Matthew Parris 23 James Delingpole 26 Ancient and modern 28 Letters 30 Any other business Martin Vander Weyer 58 Chess Raymond Keene 59 Competition;Crossword 60 Status anxiety Toby Young Dave Michael Heath 61 Sport Roger Alton Your problems solved Mary Killen 61 Food Tanya Gold Mind your language Dot Wordsworth

Moore and more, p45

14 Censorship Olympics Criminalising everyday speech

Nick Cohen 15 A matter of taste

The dismal aesthetic of the Games Andrew Gilligan 16 A good run

Racing the bulls of Pamplona Alexander Fiske-Harrison 20 Africa’s Afghanistan Al-Qa’eda’s hopes for Mali

Ian Birrell 22 America’s third way

Could a Libertarian be President? W. James Antle III 26 What Federer isn’t There are no geniuses in sport

Michael Henderson Boks 34 Juliet Townsend The Fishing Fleet,

by Anne de Courcy 36 Anita Brookner Elizabeth Taylor:

Short Stories, by Elizabeth Taylor Adam Zamoyski A Journey to

Nowhere by Jean-Pierre Kauffmann, translated by Euan Cameron 37 Cressida Connolly Stephen

Spender: Selected Journals, edited by Laura Feigel and John Sutherland 38 Patrick Skene Catling Music Wars,

1937-1945, by Patrick Bade

40 David Gilmour Good Italy,

Bad Italy, by Bill Emmott 41 Andrew Taylor Tuesday’s Gone,

by Nicci French Bookends Richard Walker Arts 43 Interview Mark Haddon

Will Gore 44 Pop Marcus Berkmann 45 Exhibitions Picasso Prints:

The Vollard Suite; Henry Moore: Large Late Forms Andrew Lambirth 46 Opera Le Nozze di Figaro; Dr Dee

Michael Tanner 48 Theatre Democracy;

The Taming of the Shrew Lloyd Evans 49 Cinema Magic Mike

Deborah Ross 51 Television Olivia Glazebrook 52 Radio Kate Chisholm Culture notes Francesca Steele Life 53 High life Taki Low life Jeremy Clarke 54 Real life Melissa Kite 55 Long life Alexander Chancellor Bridge Susanna Gross

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