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Wednesday 15 October 2008

 

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Spectator Events

Auberon Waugh once remarked:

"The joy of these wine dinners is that one had splendid food and the company of other wine maniacs, who tend to be a collection of most agreeable people."

The Spectator Carol Concert

THE SPECTATOR CAROL CONCERT

IN AID OF CANCER RESEARCH UK

  10th December 2008

St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street
London EC4
6:30pm


Canon Meara and the Choir of St. Bride's will be joined by Matthew d'Ancona, Andrew Neil and well-known Spectator contributors to make this an unforgettable evening.

Refreshments (which include wine and canapés) will be served in The Crypt at 7:30pm — 9:30pm

Ticket prices and booking details will be punlished in the 27th September 2008 issue of The Spectator

The Autumn 2008 series of IQ2 Spectator debates

16th September 2008
Paths to Peace: Proposals to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
With the Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Speakers include:
Dr Hanan Ashrawi, Dr Mustafa Barghouti, Yael Dayan, Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Efraim Halevy, Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP
Remaining speakers to be announced
Chaired by: Richard Lindley

NB: This debate will take place at Central Hall Westminster.


7th October 2008
Heathrow needs a third runway
For the motion: Tom Kelly, Ric Lewis, Lord Soley
Against the motion: Vince Cable, Sir Peter Hall, Mark Lynas
Chaired by: Sir Clement Freud


28th October 2008
We were wrong to recognise Kosovo's declaration of independence
For the motion: Misha Glenny, Sir Ivor Roberts, Dragan Zupanjevac
Against the motion: Lord Ashdown, Wolfgang Ischinger, Veton Surroi
Chaired by: Allan Little

11th November 2008
It's wrong to pay for sex
For the motion: Joan Smith, Professor Raymond Tallis, Jeremy O'Grady
Against the motion: Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Professor Germaine Greer, Rod Liddle
Chaired by: Dame Joan Bakewell


2nd December 2008
An evening with Bernard-Henri Lévy
Benard-Henri Lévy: France's leading philosopher, and a publisher, novelist, journalist and filmmaker.

VENUE:
Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7
Doors open 6pm. Debates start at 6:45pm and finish at 8:30pm.

NB: The "Paths to Peace" event on 16th September will take place at Central Hall Westminster, SW1H. Timings as above.

TICKETS:
Single tickets — £25
Season tickets — £100

(Season ticket includes one ticket to each event (a saving of £25) and a complimentary glass of wine before the debate. No concession tickets available.)

Purchase tickets online at www.intelligencesquared.com or call 020 7494 3345

The Spectator Editors' Dinner

WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO DINE WITH?

Monday 17th November 2008, 7:30pm — midnight

The Royal Hospital Gardens, Chelsea, London SW3

The Spectator invites you to celebrate its 180th anniversary at a prestigious black tie dinner with the magazine's editors and writers, past and present, in a marquee in the beautiful grounds of the Royal Hospital Gardens.

Do not miss this unique opportunity to be part of this one-off dinner, where you will be seated on a tabled hosted by one of our glittering contributors.

These include MATTHEW D'ANCONA, ANDREW NEIL, CHARLES MOORE, TAKI, SARAH STANDING, JEREMY CLARKE, CLEMENCY BURTON-HILL, TOBY YOUNG, FRASER NELSON, ALEX JAMES, ROD LIDDLE, RACHEL NELSON, MATTHEW PARRIS, DYLAN JONES, CELIA WALDEN, EMILY MAITLIS, MARY KILLEN and many more.

Tickets, priced at £149.00 and strictly limited, include:
a champagne reception; 3-course meal; unlimited drinks and a fabulous band for you to dance the night away.

RESERVE your place NOW by callling 020 7961 0044 or email editorsdinner@pressholdings.co.uk quoting reference SED2.

The Spectator and Boisdale Game Dinner

The Spectator and Boisdale Game dinner and tutored tasting of magnificent Highland Park malt whisky, hosted by

ANDREW NEIL

on Wednesday 15 October 2008
at Boisdale of Bishopsgate
 

 

MENU
Pol Roger Champagne Reception 
 

Loch Ryan No2 Native Oysters  
 

Dunkeld Wild Smoked Salmon  

Sauvignon de Touraine 2006,
Domaines Les Petits Faiteaux, Chéreau Carré

 

Roast Fillet of Venison with Black Truffle 

Château de Ricaud 2002,
Premières Côtes de Bordeaux
 
 

Selection of Scottish Cheeses


WHISKIES

Highland Park 12yr
Highland Park 15yr
Highland Park 30yr

 

Time: 6.30pm for 7.30pm  

Tickets: £125.00  

Boisdale of Bishopsgate,
Swedeland Court,
202 Bishopsgate,
London
EC2M 4NR

 

To reserve your place please call Pam on 020 7283 1763

Email: info@boisdale-city.co.uk  

www.boisdale.co.uk

This offer is supplied by Boisdale — a company independent of The Spectator (1828) Ltd.

Spectator Offers

Spectator Bookshop Offer of the Month — September

The Chambers Dictionary
The dictionary of choice for all word lovers, with comprehensive coverage of each word coupled with revealing etymology and a light-hearted definition, perfect for the crossword fanatic and hardened wordsmith. With a rich stock of words from our literary past and a close look at the latest changes in our language, this stands head-and-shoulders above
the competition.

RRP: £25.00
Spectator Offer Price: £18.00

The Chambers Thesaurus
An invaluable resource for all users of the English language, with over 415,000 synonyms and antonyms. With a greater selection of alternative words than ever before, from the archaic to the modern, this collection of linguistic delights is the only book you’ll need to satisfy your love of erudition and clarity.

RRP: £25.00
Spectator Offer Price: £17.00

The Chambers Crossword Dictionary
The essential reference for crossword lovers, with over 350,000 words and phrases, arranged with speed and ease-of-use in mind. With anagrams, jargon, abbreviations and cryptic material, this edition is more useful than ever for the cryptic crossword fan. This extensive compendium will soon have you filling in the blanks!

RRP: £25.00
Spectator Offer Price: £17.00

Please allow £2.45 postage per order

To order, please phone 0870 429 6655

Offer ends 23rd November 2008

Spectator for Schools

Please donate today and see The Spectator in schools for the next academic year.

Thanks to you, readers of The Spectator, who gave donations last year, we were able to give 1,000 schools free copies of The Spectator for the duration of the last academic year.

Once again we are calling on your generosity so that even more schools can receive the Current Affairs Magazine of the Year 2007 for free for the next year that starts in September.

To keep sending magazines to a school for the full year (52 weeks) costs £30, but please feel free to donate less (or indeed, more) should you wish. Every penny you give will help provide The Spectator to UK schools.

Please complete and print this form and return to us with a cheque or your credit card details to the following address:

Spectator for Schools donations,
22 Old Queen Street,
London,
SW1H 9HP

Remember, £30 will allow us to send a school subscription for the whole year. (Please make cheques payable to The Spectator (1828) Ltd).

Thank you for your generous donation.

Spectator Bookshop Offer of the Month — August

Journey to Nowhere
Combining memoir, history and political polemic, this charged and profoundly moving tale of post-war displacement takes in the Second World War and the creation of the state of Israel. Eva Figes describes the experiences endured by her family’s former housemaid Edith, who managed to survive wartime Berlin and escape to Palestine, only to be despised there as a German Jew, and get caught up in another war.

RRP: £14.99
Spectator Offer Price: £10.99

Hitler’s Empire
This new history of Nazi-occupied Europe is from one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. It charts the landscape of the Nazi imperial imagination, what they achieved and what they had planned for the future, in a new racial order based on the uprooting, resettlement and extermination of millions of people. Above all, it’s a chilling account that shows what happened as the Nazi vision met reality.

RRP: £30.00
Spectator Offer Price: £23.00

Spirits of Tangier
A stunning collection of black and white and colour photos from Tessa Codrington’s personal file, which offers a colourful insight into life in Tangier from the 1920s to the present day. Including pictures of Tessa’s friends, such as Paul and Jane Bowles, Marguerite McBey, Tennessee Wiliams and Cecil Beaton, it captures the characters, houses and wild parties that have taken place in the Moroccan port.

RRP: £25.00
Spectator Offer Price: £17.00

To order, please phone 0870 429 6655

Offer ends 24th October 2008.

Please allow £2.45 postage per order.

Ultimate Retreats: One&Only Le Saint Géran

12 nights for the price of 8 with complimentary half board from £3395

The Spectator has teamed up with luxury tour operator Ultimate Retreats to offer readers a great value break on the tropical island of Mauritius. Spend 12 blissful nights at one of the island’s most exclusive resorts and enjoy the superlative service for which the One&Only Le Saint Géran is renowned. Located on a secluded peninsula on the north-east coast, the resort has three restaurants, four bars, a nine-hole golf course, spa, fi tness centre and two swimming pools. Accommodation is in spacious Junior Suites, which each have a balcony or terrace with views of the ocean or tranquil lagoon. Offer valid for stays completed between October 1-17 and November 1-December 21, 2008.

Price includes all breakfasts, complimentary table d’hote dinner daily, return scheduled economy class fl ights from Heathrow with British Airways or Air Mauritius, all airport taxes, fees and charges, return transfers between the airport and hotel, porterage of luggage at the resort, travel insurance and cancellation cover. Holiday code: URLES.

NO FUEL SURCHARGE GUARANTEED

To book call free on 0800 068 5054 quoting SP015

*Price per person based on two people sharing a Junior Suite on departures between November 1-30, 2008, including discounts. We reserve the right to reduce, withdraw or extend the offer at any time without notice. Unlike many other tour operators, once you have booked and we have confi rmed your holiday we guarantee not to increase the price you pay, regardless of what may happen to fuel prices. This is not a brochure. Terms and conditions apply. Telephone calls may be monitired or recorded for staff training and administrative purposes. Ultimate Retreats is a division of the Saga Group Limited. Saga Holidays Limited is a subsidiary of Saga Group Limited. Company Registration Number 2174052. Registered in England. Regsistered Office: The Saga Building, Enbrook Park, Folkestone, Kent CT20 3SE. Saga is a company separate from the Spectator. SHA5763

Highland Park 30 year old malt

To commemorate the first 180 years of The Spectator, a limited edition of 180 bottles of Highland Park 30 year old have been commissioned. Highland Park was established
30 years before The Spectator so it is fitting that the anniversary bottling should be a 30 year old, the age of the distillery when the magazine was launched.

Like The Spectator, Highland Park is uncompromising in its approach with a belief in heritage and a respect for tradition. Highland Park is the Distiller of the Year and the world’s most respected single malt. The quality of Highland Park is built on five fundamental keystones.

HAND-TURNED MALT adds to the deliciously succulent, balanced layers of aromatic character.

AROMATIC PEAT gives a delectably seductive, luxuriant floral sweetness.

COOL MATURATION enhances the smooth character of our whisky.
SHERRY OAK CASKS contribute to the distinctive richness and multi-dimensional complexity.

CASK HARMONISATION ensures consistency and balance.

“An exemplary Highland Park… Whiskies like this one remind me why I fell in love with whisky in the first place”
John Hansell, Malt Advocate Magazine

For more information visit www.highlandpark.co.uk

There are only 180 bottles of this remarkable and highly collectable whisky – order yours now!

Maximum number of bottles per household is six. We regret that this offer is available to UK readers only.

To reserve your bottle please return the coupon below.

Alternatively telephone The Spectator on 0207 961 0219.

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