Highland games, p12

There’s something about Margate, p46

3 Leading article 7 Portrait of the Week 9 Diary Matt Ridley 10 Politics James Forsyth 11 The Spectator’s Notes 14 Ancient and modern 17 Rod Liddle 20 Mind your language 23 Barometer 25 Matthew Parris 26 James Delingpole 28 Letters 30 Any other business Martin Vander Weyer

12 How to save the Union Cameron can still stop Salmond

– but it will take courage Iain Martin 13 Salmond’s treasure map Fraser Nelson 14 Too many toddlers A new baby boom is reaching school age — and we’re not ready George Bridges 18 Chattering classes

Louise Stern tells stories from the world of the deaf Freddy Gray 20 Breaking the bank

The vendetta against Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s Nobel winner Elliot Wilson 23 Neighbourhood botch

Into the jungle with a film camera and a crate of Simba beer Patrick Marnham Books 34 Alex Massie Afghanistan, by Tim Bird and Alex Marshall; Dead Men Risen, by Toby Harnden; Follow Me Home, by Patrick Bishop 37 Cressida Connolly Pedalare! Pedalare!, by John Foot; The Bicycle Book, by Bella Bathurst 38 Susan Hill The Doll, by Daphne du Maurier Adam Nicolson To the River, by Olivia Laing 39 James Walton At Last, by Edward St Aubyn 40 Matthew Parris The Macmillan Diaries, Volume II, edited by Peter Caterall 41 John Gimlette The Sugar Barons, by Matthew Parker 43 Carey Schofield Pakistan, by Anatol Lieven Bookends Mark Mason

‘Localisation’ will mean higher costs and more corruption Ross Clark 24 Congo Notebook

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