ARTS
36 Lloyd Evans
Comedy gold from the Fringe
38 Exhibitions
A show about dogs, curated by dogs
Camilla Swift
39 Dance
Spartacus; Swan Lake
Laura Freeman
Radio
The Years that Changed
Britain Forever
Kate Chisholm
40 Music
Das Rheingold; LA Philharmonic/
Dudamel/Wang
Richard Bratby
41 Exhibitions 2
Artist Unknown
Martin Gayford
42 Cinema
Blinded by the Light
Jasper Rees
The listener
The Flaming Lips: King’s Mouth
Rod Liddle
LIFE
47 High life Taki
Low life Jeremy Clarke
48 Philip Hancock
‘Geronimo’: a poem
‘Parks and Recreation’: a poem
49 Real life Melissa Kite
Bridge Susanna Gross
AND FINALLY...
43 Notes on... Savannah
Victoria Lane
50 Chess Raymond Keene
Competition
Lucy Vickery
51 Crossword Smurf
52 No sacred cows
Toby Young
Battle for Britain
Michael Heath
53 Sport Roger Alton
Your problems solved
Mary Killen
54 Food Tanya Gold
Mind your language
Dot Wordsworth
LIFE
The bohemian high life, p
Lightweight, p
Nicky Haslam is an
interior designer and amateur
cabaret performer. His
notebook, and his advice
to Boris Johnson on styling
Downing Street, is on p24.
Hugh Thomson is a travel
writer and explorer who has
led expeditions in Peru, Bhutan
and Afghanistan. On p32, he
discovers the archaeological
significance of the Fens.
Richard Davenport-Hines
is a historian who has also
written about W.H. Auden
and John Maynard Keynes.
He reviews a history of
creative spaces on p34.
Anna Aslanyan is a writer
and translator. On p35, she
reviews the latest novel from
Yoko Ogawa, the prize-
winning Japanese writer
praised by Hilary Mantel.
David Crystal is a writer
and linguist specialising in
the evolution of the English
language. On p35, he enjoys a
celebration of the semicolon.
CONTRIBUTORS
I dislike the Oxford comma
but that is mere prejudice.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, p
My ideal beach would be one
with the Famous Five on it.
We’d picnic on ginger pop
and buns and leave no litter.
Michael Heath, p
The Parthenon’s subtleties
are many: it arches, leans,
swells and breathes, and it also
served as a place to make love
in when I was a youngster.
Ta k i, p
Not Trump’s fault, p