Who’s in charge?, p18
THE WEEK
3 Leading articles 7 Portrait of the Week 9 Diary Conrad Black 14 Ancient and modern 17 Rod Liddle 20 Barometer 25 James Delingpole 26 Hugo Rifkind 29 Letters 30 Any other business Martin Vander Weyer
Charles Moore is away.
Something Moore, p40
Living with birds, p38
10 May or the Mayor?
This summer is a rehearsal for the next Tory leadership battle James Forsyth 11 Daniel Hardisty
‘Siempre’: a poem 12 The meat makers Prepare for a vat-grown future
Michael Hanlon 14 How to run a revolution
Take a tip from Nasser Con Coughlin 18 Bats vs people They’re a protected species. We’re not
Melissa Kite 20 Secret service
A sperm donor in 1920s London Paul Spicer 21 Be more tortoise
Five lessons from my new pet Emily Rhodes 22 The last male space In praise of barbers’ shops
Henry Jeffreys
BOOKS & ARTS
Books 32 Sam Leith
Glorious Misadventures, by Owen Matthews 34 Alan Judd Empire of the Deep,
by Ben Wilson 35 Charlotte Moore
The Son, by Philipp Meyer Aidan Hartley
The Ghosts of Happy Valley, by Juliet Barnes 36 Wynn Wheldon
A Slap in the Face, by William B. Irvine 37 John Preston
Magic, by Ricky Jay Emily Rhodes Shire, by Ali Smith 38 John McEwen
Birds & People, by Mark Cocker
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