Conquest and carnage
It is hard to imagine why anyone should want to write one, but if there has to be a history…
The Spectator’s Notes
In order to understand why all Cops (Conference of the Parties), including the one which began this week, are so…
Towering achievement
The screw may twist and the rack may turn: the Tower of London, in Jo Davies’s new production of The…
At His Majesty’s pleasure
Damian Thompson on King Charles III’s love of classical music
Insane profligacy
The UK Drill Project is a cabaret show that celebrates greed, criminality and drug-taking among black males in London. It…
Shadow play
How Ed Miliband became the power behind Starmer
The weaponisation of ‘bullying’
Bullying appears to be suffering from inflation, like everything else. Certainly as an art form it seems to be in…
Hot air
The path to net zero is fraught with fallacy
Scoop: top GOP donors to meet in Miami in plot to stop Trump
Everybody hates Donald? An emergency gathering is set to be held in Miami next week to talk about “the Trump…
Free range eggs and supermarket hypocrisy
If you are shopping for eggs in the supermarket, free range eggs will be at eye level, barn laid eggs…
The time to move on from boomer Republicanism is now
Having been saddled by everyone involved with the largest portion of blame for Tuesday’s election disappointment, Donald Trump’s descent into…
The best way to stop Russian trolls is to ignore them
Almost from the moment the polls closed in the 2016 US presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, accusations…
Religious schools struggle to keep the faith
The expression the price of freedom is eternal vigilance is certainly true when it comes to religious freedom and freedom…
Matt Hancock: Star of the ‘I’m a Celeb’ jungle
Has Matt Hancock gone mad? Maybe not. His appearance in ‘I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here’ is…
The last hours of the Russian occupation of Kherson
The only large Ukrainian city Russia has been able to capture since February’s invasion – Kherson – has now been…
In praise of Just Stop Oil
As a child in the 1960s, all I wanted to do was get to London: to be rich and famous,…
Watch: Matt Hancock grilled about affair
Westminster tuned in last night for another episode of I’m a Celebrity. There’s no winner yet but one obvious loser,…
Excess deaths? Governments should tread softly on Covid measures
Humility is not a dominant personality trait among Australian state leaders and health bureaucrats. Annastacia Palaszczuk’s rush to advise further…
Donald Trump, accidental Paul Revere
Is he a stone cold loser? The Wall Street Journal editorial page, not to mention its owner Rupert Murdoch, certainly…
Sydney: murdered by Brutalism and Modernism
I’m a relative novice, but I imagine one of the best things about being murdered with a jagged knife is…
The case of the missing red wave
What follows is conjecture, not evidence. But there is no way anyone can dispute it. So here goes. The US…
The Teals are ‘my people’
Facebook is something I try not to open. It’s not only a jarring reminder of mortality, with spectres from my…
How Russia is surrendering Kherson
The Russian evacuation of Kherson is now well underway, leaving an expected trail of destruction in its wake. Russian soldiers…
