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Cheat sheet

On a per-film basis, Daniel Craig has the highest kill rate but lowest kiss rate of any James Bond

‘Nobody does it better’ | P009

It would take the average person 88 hours, 43 minutes and 48 seconds to read Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time

‘The greatest stories ever told’ | P028

Around 80 percent of proposals in the US are made with a diamond-studded ring, up from just 10 percent in 1940

‘Lucre in the sky with diamonds’ | P030

According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump publicly made 30,573 false or misleading claims while in office, an average of over 20 a day

‘The many battles of Donald J Trump’ | P050

The world’s oldest flying trapeze artist, Betty Goedhart, was 84 years, eight months and six days old when she performed her last routine. She only started taking lessons aged 78

‘Have I left it too late?’ | P064

While playing for Napoli, Diego Maradona would sign so many autographs for fans that he would have to see the team physio for an inflamed wrist

‘Diego Maradona 1960-2020’ | P076

Not one of the 12 most popular Christmas pop songs in the UK mentions Jesus

‘The Xmas factor’ | P087

Denmark is the best country in the world

‘The league of nations’ | P096

The singer of the most downloaded song of the 20th century almost gave up music to be a turkey farmer

‘The butterfly effect’ | P106

A slower, more reflective type of journalism”
Creative Review

Jam-packed with information... a counterpoint to the speedy news feeds we've grown accustomed to”
Creative Review

A leisurely (and contrary) look backwards over the previous three months”
The Telegraph

Quality, intelligence and inspiration: the trilogy that drives the makers of Delayed Gratification”
El Mundo

Refreshing... parries the rush of 24-hour news with 'slow journalism'”
The Telegraph

A very cool magazine... It's like if Greenland Sharks made a newspaper”
Qi podcast

The UK's second-best magazine” Ian Hislop
Editor, Private Eye
Private Eye Magazine

Perhaps we could all get used to this Delayed idea...”
BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme