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.

Charles Moore’s Notes: cheap trickery in the Economist’s assisted dying campaign

28 November 2015 9:00 am

Because, it says, of its ‘liberal values and respect for human dignity’, the Economist has put out a film about…

The Spectator’s notes

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

Because, it says, of its ‘liberal values and respect for human dignity’, the Economist has put out a film about…

Charles Moore’s Notes: Jeremy Corbyn, fanatic

21 November 2015 9:00 am

When Jeremy Corbyn says it is better to bring people to trial than to shoot them, he is right. So…

The Spectator’s Notes

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

When Jeremy Corbyn says it is better to bring people to trial than to shoot them, he is right. So…

Charles Moore’s Notes: Who’d be a diplomat now?

14 November 2015 9:00 am

The other day, a friend told me, he had been chatting to an old friend of his who has spent…

Charles Moore’s Notes: Who’d be a diplomat now?

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

The other day, a friend told me, he had been chatting to an old friend of his who has spent…

Charles Moore’s Notes: Why the V&A needs Thatcher’s clothes

7 November 2015 9:00 am

It is good to learn that the current management of the V&A want to reverse their predecessors’ lack of interest…

The Spectator’s notes

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

It is good to learn that the current management of the V&A want to reverse their predecessors’ lack of interest…

The Spectator’s notes

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

An enjoyable aspect of parliamentary rules and conventions is that almost no one understands them. This has become acutely true…

Charles Moore’s Notes: The government needs someone who knows how Parliament works

29 October 2015 9:00 am

An enjoyable aspect of parliamentary rules and conventions is that almost no one understands them. This has become acutely true…

Charles Moore’s Notes: If we want to save the elephant, we must legalise the ivory trade

24 October 2015 9:00 am

How good a deal for Britain is it that the president of China got a state visit and a nuclear…

Charles Moore’s Notes: If we want to save the elephant, we must legalise the ivory trade

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

How good a deal for Britain is it that the president of China got a state visit and a nuclear…

Charles Moore’s Notes: Diane the Posh Goddess and Osborne’s mania

17 October 2015 8:00 am

When I arrived at Cambridge in 1975, a nervous freshman, I remember walking with a friend past Newnham and being…

Charles Moore’s Notes: Diane the Posh Goddess and Osborne’s mania

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

When I arrived at Cambridge in 1975, a nervous freshman, I remember walking with a friend past Newnham and being…

Charles Moore’s notes: Boris’s brilliance; Labour’s Joe McCarthy

10 October 2015 9:00 am

Maybe it was because of the contrast with Theresa May’s chilly, disingenuous monotone minutes before, but I really think Boris…

Charles Moore’s notes: Boris’s brilliance; Labour’s Joe McCarthy

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

Maybe it was because of the contrast with Theresa May’s chilly, disingenuous monotone minutes before, but I really think Boris…

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Jeremy Corbyn must have brilliant spin doctors

3 October 2015 9:00 am

Contrary to the sneers of what he calls the commentariat, Jeremy Corbyn has already acquired brilliant spin doctors. In advance,…

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The Spectator’s notes

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

Contrary to the sneers of what he calls the commentariat, Jeremy Corbyn has already acquired brilliant spin doctors. In advance,…

Charles Moore’s Notes: what the Labour party needs is a parliamentary representation committee

19 September 2015 8:00 am

When the Labour party began, its purpose was the representation of labour (i.e. workers) in the House of Commons. Indeed,…

The Spectator’s notes

17 September 2015 1:00 pm

When the Labour party began, its purpose was the representation of labour (i.e. workers) in the House of Commons. Indeed,…

Charles Moore’s Notes: Mr Cameron swings wildly between toughness and compassion

12 September 2015 9:00 am

Presumably Britain has some sort of policy on immigration, asylum and refugees, but instead of struggling to understand it, you…

The Spectator’s notes

10 September 2015 1:00 pm

Presumably Britain has some sort of policy on immigration, asylum and refugees, but instead of struggling to understand it, you…

Charles Moore’s Notes: the Tories’ adoption of the Living Wage is entirely bogus

5 September 2015 9:00 am

Was there ever a more unilluminating political idea — for voters rather than practitioners — than triangulation? For those readers so…

Spectator’s Notes

3 September 2015 1:00 pm

Was there ever a more unilluminating political idea — for voters rather than practitioners — than triangulation? For those readers so…

Charles Moore’s Notes: Why Labour keeps failing to choose a woman leader

22 August 2015 9:00 am

Watching the very pleasant Liz Kendall on television this week, I was struck by how extraordinary it is that more…