Charles Moore

Charles Moore was editor of The Spectator 1984 - 1990. He continues to write a weekly column, The Spectator's Notes. You can read extracts of his column here.

The Spectator’s notes

23 March 2017 3:00 pm

We keep being incited to find it heartwarming that Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley were known as the Chuckle Brothers.…

The Spectator’s Notes

18 March 2017 9:00 am

The great achievement of the Scottish Nationalists is to persuade people outside the borders of their own nation — including…

The Spectator’s Notes

11 March 2017 9:00 am

After he left the Blues and Royals in 1981, the young Tristan Voorspuy drove a motorbike from London to Cape…

The Spectator’s Notes

9 March 2017 3:00 pm

After he left the Blues and Royals in 1981, the young Tristan Voorspuy drove a motorbike from London to Cape…

The Spectator’s Notes

4 March 2017 9:00 am

Chief Constable Simon Bailey, who heads Operation Hydrant, the police investigation of ‘non-recent’ child abuse cases, now says that paedophiles…

The Spectator’s Notes

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

Chief Constable Simon Bailey, who heads Operation Hydrant, the police investigation of ‘non-recent’ child abuse cases, now says that paedophiles…

The Spectator’s Notes

25 February 2017 9:00 am

Last month, at Policy Exchange, I met a charming, quiet American general called H.R. McMaster. In conversation, I was struck…

The Spectator’s Notes

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Last month, at Policy Exchange, I met a charming, quiet American general called H.R. McMaster. In conversation, I was struck…

The Spectator’s Notes

18 February 2017 9:00 am

How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…

The Spectator’s Notes

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…

The Spectator’s Notes

11 February 2017 9:00 am

As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…

The Spectator’s Notes

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…

The Spectator’s Notes

4 February 2017 9:00 am

As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…

The Spectator’s Notes

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…

The Spectator’s Notes

28 January 2017 9:00 am

The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the…

The Spectator’s Notes

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the…

The Spectator’s Notes

21 January 2017 9:00 am

It is hard to be shocked by anything in these tumultuous times, but I was brought up short by the…

The Spectator’s Notes

19 January 2017 3:00 pm

It is hard to be shocked by anything in these tumultuous times, but I was brought up short by the…

The Spectator’s Notes

14 January 2017 9:00 am

At the Golden Globes ceremony, Meryl Streep attacked Donald Trump because he ‘imitated a disabled reporter’. ‘When the powerful use……

The Spectator’s Notes

12 January 2017 3:00 pm

At the Golden Globes ceremony, Meryl Streep attacked Donald Trump because he ‘imitated a disabled reporter’. ‘When the powerful use…

The Spectator’s Notes

7 January 2017 9:00 am

‘My deep concern is that because of changed ways that news is now gathered, collated, packaged, delivered and displayed, the…

The Spectator’s Notes

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

‘My deep concern is that because of changed ways that news is now gathered, collated, packaged, delivered and displayed, the…

The Spectator’s Notes

10 December 2016 9:00 am

‘Are you Charles Moore of The Spectator?’ I answered to that description. ‘Well,’ said my questioner, ‘I am worried that you’re…

The Spectator’s Notes

8 December 2016 3:00 pm

‘Are you Charles Moore of The Spectator?’ I answered to that description. ‘Well,’ said my questioner, ‘I am worried that you’re…

The Spectator’s Notes

3 December 2016 9:00 am

It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…