A F P / G E T T Y I

M A G E S

West Is Worse, p50

The king’s Oscars speech, p20

Blonde ambition, p51

Arts 44 Treasures of Afghanistan St John Simpson 46 Dance Shoes — The Musical

Giannandrea Poesio 46 Exhibitions Watercolour

Andrew Lambirth 48 Theatre The Heretic; Penelope

Lloyd Evans 50 Cinema West Is West

Deborah Ross 51 Opera Anna Nicole

MichaelTanner 52 Olden but golden Charles Spencer 53 Radio Kate Chisholm Television James Delingpole 55 Gardens Ursula Buchan Culture notes Clarke Hayes

LIFE

Life 65 High life Taki Low life Jeremy Clarke 66 Real life Melissa Kite 67 Bridge Susanna Gross Mini-bar offer

Simon Hoggart

And finaly . . . 68 Chess Raymond Keene 69 Competition; Crossword 70Status anxiety Toby Young Dave Michael Heath 71 The Wiki Man Rory Sutherland Your problems solved Mary Killen

People talk about David Cameron having an air of entitlement, but he’s got nothing on Saif Gaddafi Hugo Rifkind, p23

If these dictators are overthrown, where will the slobs end up? On the Riviera and in Belgravia – this could affect me personally Taki, p65

I thought I would draw admiring gazes as I paraded around town with my young beau. Not exactly Melissa Kite, p66

TRAVEL SPECIAL p57

Contributors

Mary Beard (Diary, p. 9) is a professor of classics at Cambridge. Her recent books include The Parthenon and Pompeii: Life in a Roman Town.

Cosmo Landesman (‘Prize dupes’, p. 20) is the film critic of the Sunday Times.

the spectator | 26 February 2011 | www.spectator.co.uk

Paul Johnson (‘Dirty rotten scholars’, p. 24) is a journalist and historian, and the author of more than 40 books.

Charlotte Moore (Books, p. 35) is the author of Hancox: A House and a Family. St John Simpson (Arts, p. 44) is Assistant Keeper of Ancient Iran and Arabia at the

British Museum, and author of Afghanistan: A Cultural History.

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