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Jason Goodwin: 'I learned to leave judging beauty pageants to people with natural tact, such as Donald Trump'
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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'
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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.
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Jason Goodwin: 'There was nothing there. The original message from St Petersburg, Sergei’s emails, the thank-you email. All gone.'
Our columnist Jason Goodwin recounts a chilling tale of his own brush with the Russians in Dorset.
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Jason Goodwin: How to turn a majestic but unlucky deer into a freezer-full of meals
Our columnist Jason Goodwin makes the most of a bit of A35 roadkill – with a little help from Christian Dior. No, really.
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Jason Goodwin: 'The negligees hanging on the washing lines blocked the camera’s view'
Our spectator columnist reminisces about Paris, and discovers the most important thing about life.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘The only sounds were the yawning of dogs, the spitting of logs in the fireplace and the occasional papery gulp of somebody turning a page’
Snowed in and without power, Jason Goodwin was left to live a medieval lifestyle that was rejuvenating and romantic... but not to everyone's taste.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘We shared the Abbey with the bones of King Alfred’s brothers and Anne Boleyn’s lover’
Our Spectator columnist enjoys the first glimpse of spring and Evensong, the loveliest of Anglican services.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘Memories fade. Gavin was right: buildings outlive us all and they’re each memorials. They should not be allowed to disappear’
Our columnist remembers Gavin Stamp, the architectural critic, historian and campaigner.
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Jason Goodwin: The signwriters of Britain who’ve nailed their grammar and added a touch of poetry
Forget brickbats for greengrocers' apostrophes – let's instead concentrate on those who take signwriting up to a new level, says our columnist Jason Goodwin.
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Jason Goodwin: The upside of life in a harem, and modern-day slavery on the King's Road
Our columnist Jason Goodwin considers the realities of everyday existence for the women kept in 18th century Ottoman harems.
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Jason Goodwin: 'We have books all over the floors and carpets on the furniture'
Our columnist Jason Goodwin talks about jam jars, duvets and the books which are taking over his house.
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Jason Goodwin: How to spend 24 hours in London without spending a penny
Our columnist Jason Goodwin headed to London expecting to have to dig deep to keep himself and his wife entertained. Instead, even the thank-you present for his hosts didn't cost him a penny.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘The boys excavated a rusty buckle and I carelessly tossed it over my shoulder – later, we found its identical twin, labelled Roman, in the museum’
Our columnist pays tribute to his late neighbour Dudley Tolley, a farmer who embodied the image of the lovable English eccentric.
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Jason Goodwin: ‘He was lying and I knew it, but his lies were so egregious I couldn’t quite bear to call him out’
