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“Nothing is certain, but play this well and your journey from steerage to peerage will be under way.”
robert shrimsley hands out sage advice on how to become a peer
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‘If we’d acted more boldly, solar photovoltaics might have been cheap enough to put fossil fuels out of business 25 years ago’
Tim Harford on why technology gets cheaper and faster all the time, and why it matters
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“Wine corks lose elasticity so they are not really suitable for reuse and in practice most just go to landfill” Jancis Robinson on the eco-battle between corks and screw caps
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“Is it absurd that a British judge found himself pondering the qualities of a flapjack and the “slightly unpleasant mouth feel” of a protein-enriched brownie?” Tim Harford on why the UK’s biscuit tax leaves a bad taste in the mouth
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‘Granted all the space in this magazine, I could not express the vileness of Kingly Court, the “dining destination” at the joyless heart of what we’re supposed to call “Carnaby”.’ 🥩🥩Tim Hayward🥩🥩
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‘These seemingly unending conflicts about a constellation of race, gender and speech issues may turn out to belong to a limited period of specifically American history.’ Simon Kuper
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‘While there’s still a nip in the air, something warming with a spiky zip is ideal.’ Ravinder Bhogal shares her recipe for Jersey Royal season
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‘Can I return something once you’ve cut it?’ ‘What can I feed a hungry teenager?’ ‘Why are butcher’s so expensive?’ Patrick Galbraith spends a whole day in a butcher’s shop and collects (then answers) every customer question
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‘This is the secret of the flat iron and its ilk: behind the cut, guts, glory and glamour, inventing a “new steak” is just a matter of finding a business case and a brand.’ Louis Ashworth
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