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The two kinds of girl, p12 Mural life, p42 Bard times, p39 THE WEEK 3 Leading article 7 Portrait of the Week 9 Diary Peter Oborne 10 Politics James Forsyth 11 The Spectator’s Notes 17 Rod Liddle 22 Barometer 27 James Delingpole 28 Hugo Rifkind 31 Letters 32 Any other business Martin Vander Weyer 12 The unfair sex The rise of working women has increased class division Alison Wolf 13 Daniel Hardisty ‘The Drowners’: a poem 15 Two-wheeled tyranny Cyclists vs the countryside Melissa Kite 18 France’s revolutionary road Symptoms of a broken system John Laughland 20 A gay third way The compromise the C of E needs Theo Hobson 22 Fortress Britain Your daft immigration policy, and me Leah McLaren 24 Great escapes Lessons from Colditz and Stalag Luft III Robert Twigger BOOKS & ARTS Boks 36 Sam Leith Falling Upwards, by Richard Holmes 38 Owen Bennett-Jones Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission, by Howard Leedham John Greening ‘Provincials’: a poem 39 Peter J. Conradi on R.S. Thomas 40 Wynn Wheldon Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, by David Sedaris 41 Benjamin Yarde-Buller Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov, edited by Robert Chandler 42 John Preston Kurt Vonnegut: Letters, edited by Dan Wakefield Mark Fisher on two art books 44 Clare Mulley Cruel Crossing, by Edward Stourton N.S. Thompson ‘After War’: a poem 45 Richard Davenport-Hines Death in the Baltic, by Cathryn J. Prince Bookends Caroline Jackson Cover by Christian Adams. Drawings by Michael Heath, Castro, Morten Morland, Holland, Naf, Nick Newman, Geoff Thomson, RGJ, Grizelda, K.J. Lamb, Adam Singleton, Chris Madden, Ian Baker, Tony Husband, Robert Thompson, Hunter, Len Hawkins, Surreal McCoy, Wheeler, Mike Turner, Bill Proud. www.spectator.co.uk To subscribe to The Spectator for £104 a year, turn to page 62 Editorial and advertising The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP, Tel: 020 7961 0200, Fax: 020 7681 3773, Email: editor@spectator.co.uk (editorial); letters@spectator.co.uk (for publication); advertising@spectator.co.uk (advertising); Advertising enquiries: 020 7961 0219 Advertising fax: 020 7681 3773 Subscription and delivery queries Spectator Subscriptions Dept., 800 Guillat Avenue, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne ME9 8GU; Tel: 01795 592886 Fax: 0870 220 0290; Email: spectator@servicehelpline.co.uk Newsagent queries Spectator Circulation Dept, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP, Tel: 020 7961 0200, Fax: 020 7681 3773, Email: dstam@spectator.co.uk Distributor COMAG Specialist, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Road, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 7QX Vol 321; no 9635 © The Spectator (1828) Ltd. ISSN 0038-6952 The Spectator is published weekly by The Spectator (1828) Ltd at 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP Editor: Fraser Nelson 4 the spectator | 27 april 2013 | www.spectator.co.uk

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The two kinds of girl, p12

Mural life, p42

Bard times, p39

THE WEEK

3 Leading article 7 Portrait of the Week 9 Diary Peter Oborne 10 Politics James Forsyth 11 The Spectator’s Notes 17 Rod Liddle 22 Barometer 27 James Delingpole 28 Hugo Rifkind 31 Letters 32 Any other business Martin Vander Weyer

12 The unfair sex

The rise of working women has increased class division Alison Wolf 13 Daniel Hardisty

‘The Drowners’: a poem 15 Two-wheeled tyranny

Cyclists vs the countryside Melissa Kite 18 France’s revolutionary road

Symptoms of a broken system John Laughland 20 A gay third way

The compromise the C of E needs Theo Hobson 22 Fortress Britain

Your daft immigration policy, and me Leah McLaren 24 Great escapes

Lessons from Colditz and Stalag Luft III Robert Twigger

BOOKS & ARTS

Boks 36 Sam Leith

Falling Upwards, by Richard Holmes 38 Owen Bennett-Jones

Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission, by Howard Leedham John Greening

‘Provincials’: a poem 39 Peter J. Conradi on R.S. Thomas 40 Wynn Wheldon Let’s Explore

Diabetes with Owls, by David Sedaris 41 Benjamin Yarde-Buller

Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov, edited by Robert Chandler 42 John Preston Kurt Vonnegut:

Letters, edited by Dan Wakefield Mark Fisher on two art books 44 Clare Mulley Cruel Crossing,

by Edward Stourton N.S. Thompson

‘After War’: a poem 45 Richard Davenport-Hines Death in the Baltic, by Cathryn J. Prince Bookends Caroline Jackson

Cover by Christian Adams. Drawings by Michael Heath, Castro, Morten Morland, Holland, Naf, Nick Newman, Geoff Thomson, RGJ, Grizelda, K.J. Lamb, Adam Singleton, Chris Madden, Ian Baker, Tony Husband, Robert Thompson, Hunter, Len Hawkins, Surreal McCoy, Wheeler, Mike Turner, Bill Proud. www.spectator.co.uk To subscribe to The Spectator for £104 a year, turn to page 62 Editorial and advertising The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP, Tel: 020 7961 0200, Fax: 020 7681 3773, Email: editor@spectator.co.uk (editorial); letters@spectator.co.uk (for publication); advertising@spectator.co.uk (advertising); Advertising enquiries: 020 7961 0219 Advertising fax: 020 7681 3773 Subscription and delivery queries Spectator Subscriptions Dept., 800 Guillat Avenue, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne ME9 8GU; Tel: 01795 592886 Fax: 0870 220 0290; Email: spectator@servicehelpline.co.uk Newsagent queries Spectator Circulation Dept, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP, Tel: 020 7961 0200, Fax: 020 7681 3773, Email: dstam@spectator.co.uk Distributor COMAG Specialist, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Road, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 7QX Vol 321; no 9635 © The Spectator (1828) Ltd. ISSN 0038-6952 The Spectator is published weekly by The Spectator (1828) Ltd at 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP Editor: Fraser Nelson

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