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Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden

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In defence of Slough

In defence of Slough
sunday 20

The Spectator

Chas Newkey-Burden

Hidden gem / In defence of Slough

Hidden gem / In defence of Slough
01.02.2025 10

The Spectator

Chas Newkey-Burden

The truth about ‘stupid’ footballers

The truth about ‘stupid’ footballers
22.01.2025 7

The Spectator

Chas Newkey-Burden

It’s a grind / Starbucks and the hell of the modern café

It’s a grind / Starbucks and the hell of the modern café
15.01.2025 20

The Spectator

Chas Newkey-Burden

What’s wrong with being a judgemental vegan?

Veganuary is with us again, the annual reminder that veganism is now mainstream. But us steak-dodgers still face a fair bit of curiosity and...

04.01.2025 6

The Spectator

Chas Newkey-Burden

Who’d want to survive a nuclear war?

The conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East keep raging, Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold required for Moscow to nuke Europe and Donald...

29.12.2024 30

The Spectator

Chas Newkey-Burden

The cruelty of horse racing is becoming impossible to ignore

After three horses died at Cheltenham on Sunday, the reaction was depressingly predictable. The cameras cut away and the horse racing industry...

19.11.2024 10

The Spectator

Chas Newkey-Burden

Don’t blame fireworks for the death of the baby panda – blame zoos

Fireworks cause such misery for animals that future generations surely won’t believe we ever used them. It’s well known that fireworks scare pets...

16.11.2024 5

iNews

Chas Newkey-Burden

Calm down, most cows aren’t ‘killers’

There must be carnage in the countryside. That’s the only explanation for a stampede of anxious headlines about the danger of cows. ‘Are these the...

22.09.2024 20

The Spectator

Chas Newkey-Burden