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Diary Bruce Anderson 10 The Spectator’s Notes 11 Dave Michael Heath 13 Mind your language 16 Diary of a Notting Hill Nobody 26 Letters 27 Shared opinion Hugo Rifkind 28 You know it makes sense James Delingpole 31 Any other business Martin Vander Weyer 32 Ancient & modern 70

Books Sam Leith: The Price of Altruism, by Oren Harman 35 Cressida Connolly: The Life and Adventures of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, by Andrew O’Hagan 36 Elaine Feinstein: ‘Rush Cutter Bay, Sydney’: a poem 36 Will Robinson: Edward II, by Seymour Phillips 37 Frederic Raphael: Empress of Rome, by Matthew Dennison 38 Simon Courtauld: The Temptress, by Paul Spicer 39 George Trefgarne: The Big Short, by Michael Lewis 40 Philip Hancock: ‘Over 21s’: a poem 40 Lewis Jones: Songs of Blood and Sword, by Fatima Bhutto 41 Anne Applebaum: The Betrayal, by Helen Dunmore 42 Peter Oborne: Resistance, by Alastair Crooke 43 Judith Flanders: Tony and Susan, by Austin Wright 45 Christopher James: ‘Disinterring the Archeologist’: a poem 45

A marriage of convenience James Forsyth But the coalition could realign British politics

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Now Labour’s leadership battle begins Phil Collins David Miliband and Ed Balls square up for a fight 14

A man of many parts Lloyd Evans An interview with Simon Russell Beale

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Requiem for a heavyweight Irwin Stelzer Gordon Brown had the wrong answer to the right question 19

Why doesn’t Alastair Campbell get it? Rod Liddle Proper journalists are only trying to uncover the truth 20

All over for Sarko? Patrick Marnham His embarrassing personal life has caught up with him

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Raise a glass to Alan Watkins Ferdinand Mount The charm of his company never faded 24

FIne Arts sPeCIAL Andrew Lambirth talks to the Grand Old Man of British painting, Jeffery Camp 46 Dan Llywelyn Hall on making it as a figurative painter in the contemporary art world 48 Exhibitions Caravaggio in Italy Roderick Conway Morris 50 Fitzwilliam Museum: The Greek and Roman Collections; Sculpture Promenade 2010 Harry Mount 52 Fleming Collection: Highlands and Islands: Paintings and Poems John McEwen 54 Opera: Juan Diego Flórez Michael Tanner 55 Cinema: Robin Hood Deborah Ross 56 Theatre: Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho; Holding the Man Lloyd Evans 56 Dance: Triple Bill Giannandrea Poesio 57 Radio Kate Chisholm 58 Television James Delingpole 58

‘He couldn’t bear the thought of a hung parliament.’

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And FInALLy . . . Chess; Comp; Crossword 64, 65 Status anxiety Toby Young 70 Sport Roger Alton 71 Your problems solved Mary Killen 71

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