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G.v. Chappell

G.v. Chappell

The Spectator

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Burning issue / How bad do things have to get before the police show up?

Burning issue / How bad do things have to get before the police show up?
20.10.2025 8

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G.v. Chappell

How to stay grounded

03.10.2025 3

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Slippery slope / Save our satire

16.09.2025 7

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Southern pride / No England flags, please – we’re Cornish

01.09.2025 20

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Riot act / Confessions of a student radical

20.08.2025 30

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G.v. Chappell

The ballad of broken Britain

28.07.2025 10

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HR hegemony / Meet the Stepford Employees

08.07.2025 7

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Low spirits / When did we become so boring?

11.06.2025 9

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Blunt reality / The changing smell of Britain’s streets

26.02.2025 20

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Grey matters / An old codger’s guide to ageing

When I was in London recently, I arranged to meet some old university friends at the pub. Now in our late 50s, we’re getting quite decrepit. Hair...

23.10.2024 2

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G.v. Chappell

Confessions of a gentrifier

The backlash against plans for a Gail’s bakery in Walthamstow made me think about my own experience of gentrification. When I moved to my suburb of...

17.09.2024 4

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G.v. Chappell