Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson was editor of The Spectator 1999-2005.

Remembering Simon Hoggart, 1946–2014

11 January 2014 9:00 am

I really can’t remember exactly how I came to appoint Simon Hoggart the wine correspondent of this magazine, but I…

Nick Garland’s take on the Thatcher legacy in the 13 April issue

A tribute to Margaret Thatcher

7 December 2013 9:00 am

The Iron Lady’s legacy is that, thank goodness, the free-market economy is the only show in town

A Fisherman’s Notebook

6 July 2013 9:00 am

You remember the climax of Jaws — the primeval moment when Quint the crazed Ahab-like fisherman goes mano a mano…