It was one of the biggest films of WW2, with cinemagoers worldwide finding that the story of HMS Torrin struck a nerve. And to our surprise,
and I discovered that "In Which We Serve" still brings a tear to the eye. This week's ...
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Parliamentary sketches and film columnist for , co-host of war movie love-in . Books about journalese and wartime intelligence.
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"Astonishingly, it turns out that horseflesh is not the safe investment that I had been led to believe." Good to see joining our ex-PM in tackling the neigh-sayers.
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Although my time as editor was cut short due to a revolt by readers and staff, it's important that I speak up for the valuable ideas I had, whatever they were. thecritic.co.uk/your-part-in-m
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EXCLUSIVE: I've written a brief 400,000-word essay about my 49 days as editor of , and the lessons I've learned.
I assumed upon becoming editor that my mandate would be respected. How wrong I was.
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I thought we had mocked Liz Truss’s essay enough. How wrong I was,
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Very much so
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Were you brought down by the left wing editorial establishment?
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Of course, if I had my time again, there are lots of things I would do differently. For a start, I'd put the pension fund money on a different horse.
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Although my time as editor was cut short due to a revolt by readers and staff, it's important that I speak up for the valuable ideas I had, whatever they were. thecritic.co.uk/your-part-in-m
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EXCLUSIVE: I've written a brief 400,000-word essay about my 49 days as editor of , and the lessons I've learned.
I assumed upon becoming editor that my mandate would be respected. How wrong I was.
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. reflects on his tragically brief time as editor of the Critic, and has determined that his radical plans for the magazine were undermined by a sinister left wing cabal of readers
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"And these shadowy economic forces, are they in the room with us now?"
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Liz Truss: The Interview
Spectator TV exclusive – Monday 5pm spectator.co.uk/tv
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"We asked 100 people to name something left-wing........You said The Economic Establishment."
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Tories after the election are going to be like Squid Game.
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It’s striking that the goals briefed by or on behalf of ambitious Tory MPs, whether realistic or delusional about their abilities, have shifted from “could be the next PM” to “could be the next Leader of the Opposition”.
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If you liked "book that should have been an article" and "meeting that should have been an email", you'll love "government that should have been an essay".
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She may have been Britain's shortest ever serving PM, but turns out she likes writing VERY long articles.
Liz Truss to unveil her 3,000 word essay defending her short stint in No10 tomoz.
Expect her to defend her policies and rage against the machine.
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Hoping there's a section where Liz Truss shares her thoughts on if that photo does prove they couldn't have fit in that bathtub or doesn't
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On beergate, the “most successful political attack in living memory”:
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And turned out to be a footnote
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If you liked "book that should have been an article" and "meeting that should have been an email", you'll love "government that should have been an essay". twitter.com/kateferguson4/…
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Is there maybe a university that can purchase all Liz Truss's papers, then deny any access to them for 50 years as a public service, in the manner of Southampton University and the Mountbatten Archive?
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Me, on the state of the Tories’ attack operation.
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If you liked "book that should have been an article" and "meeting that should have been an email", you'll love "government that should have been an essay".
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She may have been Britain's shortest ever serving PM, but turns out she likes writing VERY long articles.
Liz Truss to unveil her 3,000 word essay defending her short stint in No10 tomoz.
Expect her to defend her policies and rage against the machine.
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NEW EPISODE! "This is the story of a ship..." Join and as they cling to a raft and ponder their life choices while being strafed by the Luftwaffe. Yes, it's "In Which We Serve".
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Guys, "unfiltered" is very much NOT a selling point here.
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"In Which We Serve" was indeed written by, directed by and starred Noel Coward. So it kept him terribly busy, which I suppose *is* one possible answer to this question posed by the Mirror in 1940...
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While cleaning up my attic over the weekend, I found a few pages of the @DailyMirror from 29th May 1940.
They include an article asking 'Should an ambitious man marry?' that profiles 'some of our most eligible and famous bachelors'.
The men profiled: Noel Coward and Ivor Novello
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The strafing of the survivors in the water scene was probably added for "Never forget, the Germans are not gentlemen!" effect on cinema audiences both domestic and in the States.
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“The show is titled Friday Night With Nadine,” informs us, “an invitation to which the only reasonable response is that we are sadly otherwise engaged washing our hair”
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"A happy ship and an efficient one" must be one of the best leadership speeches in cinema.
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Have long been obsessed with creating a UK Prime Ministers’ version of the mediocre presidents song from the Simpsons. Finally think I’ve cracked it…
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Red Memory is published today. linktr.ee/redmemory It takes so many people to make a book beyond the author. Most importantly, all those who spoke to me & the many scholars whose brilliant research I’ve drawn on…
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Genuinely, if the Conservative Party doesn't stand for The Proper Use Of Names And Titles, what does it stand for?
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Accept no imitations.
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The once-great Tory Party.
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We should just put them out of their misery now. A general election would be the humane thing to do.
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AND "M" FOR "MR" AND "MRS"!
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And 'm' for Mrs and 't' for The. Guests must have spent ages just finding their own names.
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When my dad brought me in for work experience and set me to filing, I filed every fax that came in under the name of his firm.
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Can we talk about the fact that at a major Conservative Party function, the guest list put members of the House of Lords under "B" for "Baroness" or "L" for "Lord"?
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Exclusive:
I've obtained the Tory 1922 Committee centenary dinner seating plan from last night
Who was put with the PM? Which donors were there? Who wasn't?
news.sky.com/story/politics
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"The show is titled Friday Night With Nadine, an invitation to which the only reasonable response is that we are sadly otherwise engaged washing our hair." As always, finds les mots justes.
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