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'; weather_info += '
' weather_info += '
' if (country == 'United States'){ weather_info += '
'+tempF+' °F
' }else{ weather_info += '
'+tempC+' °C
' } weather_info += '
  • '+value.pressure+' hPa
    • ' if (value.humidity) { weather_info += '
  • Humidity: '+value.humidity+' %
    • '; } if (clouds) { weather_info += '
  • Clouds: '+clouds+'%
    • ' } if (weather) { weather_info += '
  • ' +weather.description+'
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' }); global_geo.html(weather_info); } }); } //-->
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The Spectator 16 Dec 2024
It will maintain the single price ‘universal service obligation’. The government will keep its ‘golden share’. And there are ‘legally binding obligations’ to protect the company ... Here’s the problem, though ... Most popular. Ian O’Doherty ... Sam Leith ... SIGN UP ... .
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New Statesman 16 Dec 2024
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The Times/The Sunday Times 06 Dec 2024
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The Daily Sceptic 03 Dec 2024
... a new low for the Democrats, writes Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph ... “Why Gail’s triumphs” – The reason Gail’s is worth celebrating is that the product is good, says Sam Leith in the Spectator.
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The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Nov 2024
bookish types do get up to all sorts ... In his titanic survey of children’s literature, Sam Leith goes back to the beginning of our existence to investigate the magic of childhood reading ... “So it’s you ... Culture ... .
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Lancaster Eagle Gazette 29 Nov 2024
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The Spectator 26 Nov 2024
Philip Reeve roams across realms of his own making with effortless brio ... Most popular. Laurie Wastell ... J.R.R ... For an overview of children’s literature, old and new, you cannot do better than The Haunted Wood by Sam Leith of this parish (OneWorld, £30) ... .
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Why the general election petition matters

The Spectator 25 Nov 2024
Millions of voters have simply had enough of the entire centre-left paradigm ... Millions of bitter Remainers signed petitions calling for a second referendum to overturn Brexit for all the good that did them, as Sam Leith points out ... SIGN UP ... .
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The Spectator 25 Nov 2024
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Hollywood is quietly welcoming Trump

The Spectator 25 Nov 2024
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Pupils will be tracked by GPS ‘to make playtime more inclusive’

The Times/The Sunday Times 18 Nov 2024
Schoolchildren are being tracked with GPS devices during break times to explore the theory that boys dominate playgrounds at girls’ expense ... Child volunteers will wear bibs fitted with trackers acquired for the study ... World. Europe ... Anonymous ... Sam Leith ... .
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Books of the year 2024

New Statesman 13 Nov 2024
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The Spectator 29 Oct 2024
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