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Jason Goodwin: British vans, Czech shoes, and cars that leave their wheels behind as they pull away
Our columnist Jason Goodwin tells a tale of clapped-out cars, ancient vans and a Czech shoe magnate who turned the lift into his office.
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Jason Goodwin: 'On our watch, the natural glories of our island have been atrociously depleted'
Our columnist Jason Goodwin laments the staggering decline of British wildlife and the depletion of our island's natural glories.
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Jason Goodwin: 'I was outraged. The bones of a king I’d barely heard of five minutes earlier had been spirited away – by foreigners!'
Our columnist takes a trip which sees him discover tales of murder, treason, desecration – and some rather pleasant gardens.
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Jason Goodwin: 'I think about it when I’m on the stepladder, reaching out dangerously far to tweak a ripe fig'
Jason Goodwin tells our readers why he's now decided to give a fig about the ancient fruit that's been growing in his garden for years.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘Every voyage is different because the sea is never still, never the same from one hour to the next’
Our spectator columnist discusses the longevity of cross-Channel ferries, with their delightful quirks and ever-changing experiences.
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Jason Goodwin: The moment I knew I'd lost the urge to live in London
Our columnist explains what first prompted him to swap Bethnal Green for Bridport - and why he's never looked back since.
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Jason Goodwin: 'I want to see a city when it’s at work, not merely taking our money at the turnstile'
Our columnist, ever the reluctant tourist, laments his removal from country life for a family holiday.
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Jason Goodwin: 'Our headmaster was more Gilderoy Lockhart than Dr Arnold'
The graduation ceremony of Jason Goodwin's son reminds our columnist of the latin prayers which were so prolific in his childhood.
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Jason Goodwin: 'Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner compels stunned sympathy, but I feel for the Wedding Guest'
Our columnist reflects on the ups and downs of the typical modern wedding.
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Jason Goodwin: The day the Germans tried French and English in Scotland
Still-fresh memories of the recent World Cup spark happy recollections for Jason Goodwin of a multi-national day in the Hebrides.
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Jason Goodwin: 'The boys, saucer-eyed, watched the Lord spoon his soup, indifferent to the suffering of his fairy slaves'
Our Spectator columnist considers the House of Lords.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘The washing-up is being done by a hulking fellow who, moments ago it seems, knelt on a chair at the kitchen table’
Jason Goodwin looks at his nearly-fully-grown children and wonders how it all came to this. (In a good way.)jas
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Jason Goodwin: The foxes are unashamedly cocky – but the badgers are even worse
Our columnist takes a look at the new breed of foxes invading the countryside, and the havoc both they and the badgers are causing.
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Jason Goodwin: 'There must be a moral here, but I can’t work out what it is'
Our Spectator columnist ponders the highs and lows of picture hanging.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘It was like the scene where Dreyfus has his epaulettes ripped off ’
The man who asked for organic cheese.
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Jason Goodwin: 'They were more like beautiful professors of Hegelian dialectic than actual dogs'
Our columnist joins a group of golden retriever fans on a pilgrimage to see the tomb of the famous Ada.
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Jason Goodwin: The hotel rooms where Agatha Christie wrote her most famous book, and where Turkey became a modern nation
Jason Goodwin takes a look at landmarks with a story to tell.
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Jason Goodwin: 'I learned to leave judging beauty pageants to people with natural tact, such as Donald Trump'
Jason Goodwin looks back on his career as a competition judge, from destroying the hopes of teenage girls and would-be Olympians through to his latest endeavours.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘After a year, absolutely nothing had happened – not a shoot, not one feathery frond’
Our Spectator columunist keeps the faith in his asparagus bed.
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Jason Goodwin: Keeping up with the Jehovahs
'I don’t get into theological debate with them; I simply like to bask awhile in their radiant happiness'
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Jason Goodwin: 'You can tell it’s GCSE time again... it's like an old episode of The Generation Game'
Jason Goodwin's house has been taken over by unlikely invaders: hundreds of Post-It notes covered in information animal, vegetable and mineral.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘Most of them look like a cross between a walkie-talkie and Rosa Klebb’s toecaps ’
Our Spectator columnist discovers there is smoke without fire.
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Jason Goodwin: 'I passed a man up a pole and I asked him if he was bringing us faster connection speeds. "Nope," he replied. "Slower."’
The perils of country living include broadband speed so slow as to impinge human rights - but at least there's the option of Going To Town to keep Jason Goodwin happy.
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Jason Goodwin: It’s high time we had an ‘Old Ladies Day’ for the likes of my Aunt Pooh, the spy from Borneo
Old ladies aren’t what they used to be – they aren’t as old, for starters – but Jason Goodwin is full of praise for them and says they deserve their own day.
