The soap opera continues, p22

Victorian architecture in living colour, p41

3 Leading article 7 Portrait of the Week 9 Diary Rachel Johnson 10 Politics James Forsyth 11 The Spectator’s Notes 17 Rod Liddle 19 Mind your language 22 Hugo Rifkind 24 Barometer 25 Ancient and modern 26 Letters 28 Any other business Martin Vander Weyer 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

12 England, their England Our traditional summer events now belong to the international elite Harry Mount 13 John Mole

‘The Whole Things’: a poem 14 Gay Damascus The truth about sex and the Syrians

John R. Bradley 18 On the edge of his seat Michael Gove interviewed

James Forsyth 20 Transylvanian Hay-Day A classic piece from 1986 by the late

Patrick Leigh Fermor 21 Leigh Fermor remembered Colin Thubron 24 Brush up your Shakespeare

They appreciate him better abroad Leah McLaren Boks 32 Francis King A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman, by Margaret Drabble 34 Bevis Hillier Beacon For Change,

by Barry Turner 35 Carey Schofield Cables from

Kabul, by Sherard Cowper-Coles 36 Mark Mason Constance, by

Franny Moyle 37 Anthony Cummins Wish You

Were Here, by Graham Swift John Whitworth ‘My Friends’:

a poem

38 Andro Linklater Monty and

Rommel, by Peter Caddick-Adams; Forgotten Voices: Desert Victory, by Julian Thompson Bookends Clarke Hayes Arts 39 James Hamilton on the opening of the

Hepworth Wakefield 40 3D sound Ed Rex 41 Exhibitions George Aitchison; Mindful of Silver

Andrew Lambirth 42 Music Peter Phillips 44 Cinema Life in a Day

Deborah Ross Dance Dave St Pierre Company;

Jasmin Vardimon Giannandrea Poesio 45 Theatre Butley; Chicken Soup with Barley

Lloyd Evans 46 Opera Simon Boccanegra; Tosca

Michael Tanner 47 Radio Kate Chisholm 48 Television James Delingpole

Culture notes Deborah Ross Life 55 High life Taki Low life Jeremy Clarke 57 Real life Melissa Kite 58 Motoring Alan Judd

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