The outsiders
Tanya Gold on the journalists who scripted the golden age of Hollywood
Johnson’s turnip bogle
At least in London, midwinter spring has not been entirely vanquished, and the trees are still a couple of strong…
In it to win it
So Humpty Trumpty has had his great fall. But how democratic or logical was his election in the first place…
Real life
Panic at the country feed store. Panic in the horse and pony aisle. I wonder to myself: could life ever…
Low life
We bums find ourselves sought after at this time of year to lend a hand with the olive harvest. So…
Modern man’s role
Masculinity, we are often told, is in crisis. The narrator of Men and Apparitions, Professor Ezekiel (Zeke) Stark, both studies…
Barometer
Shot in the arm Global stock markets reached a new high after pharmaceutical firm Pfizer announced a vaccine it is…
Beyond the new euphoria, the Irish question still looms
FTSE indices soared as the Biden Bounce met vaccine euphoria, underpinned by the Bank of England’s announcement of another £150…
Thank god for lockdown
Death of England: Delroy is a companion piece to Death of England, which ran in February at the NT and…
Mink
Mink keeps you warm. That’s a most acceptable bonus, but its prime function is status. This week, however, the focus…
This week’s guest woke cartoonist is Sally Woke
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What Trump supporters really want
As Democrats’ colossal collective sigh of relief drives wind turbines even over in Britain, let’s not lose sight of the…
Hello, goodbye
Ballet lovers driven square-eyed by a drip feed of livestreaming and archive footage have been pining for the patter of…
The Spectator’s Notes
Having only recently entered the House of Lords, I must tread with caution, but I had always understood that it…
Solution to 2480: Warning
Ten symmetrically placed unclued lights are synonyms for the warning ‘WATCH OUT’. First prize Andy Wallace, Ash Green, CoventryRunners-upCaroline Arms,…
Cartoon hero
The timeless brilliance of Pont of Punch
Disco: Kylie Minogue
Grade: B– Uh-oh. Might have to be careful here, pull my punches a little bit. The editor is a big…
An uneasy peace
Armenians don’t want a deal – they want resolution
In cold blood
It was said that Reginald Maudling, as home secretary, once boarded a plane in Belfast and immediately requested a stiff…
Wishful drinking
Pubs have always been good at bending the rules
Love gone wrong
Do you think your mother slept with T.S. Eliot? That was the question I needed to ask the 98-year-old in…
The Trump kickback
He may have lost – but his agenda is here to stay
Voters have lost their nerve
Elections teach us nothing. Instead, each tribe dredges succour from the minutiae, proving that they had been right all along.…
Curb your enthusiasm
The Covid vaccine still has a long way to go
Concrete poetry
Since technology is developing at such light-speed pace, why does it feel so strangely slow? There is a sense that…
