Bare ruined choirs
We’re so used to looking at the abbeys smashed up by Henry VIII — particularly Rievaulx and Byland, in north…
Bare ruined choirs
We’re so used to looking at the abbeys smashed up by Henry VIII — particularly Rievaulx and Byland, in north…
Diary
Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
Long lives the King
Elvis only ever appeared in one commercial in his life — for Southern Maid, his favourite jam doughnut shop. That…
Diary
Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
Worlds apart
Classics is a boastful subject. Even the name — classics — has an inner boast; as does the classics course…
Give us a break!
As Boris Johnson will know from his love of Greek tragedy, hubris leads to nemesis. And it is Boris’s own…
The misery of black tie
Men don’t look good in black tie. They might think that they look like Sean Connery in Dr No, but…
The misery of black tie
Men don’t look good in black tie. They might think that they look like Sean Connery in Dr No, but…
The unlikely oilman
Former Spectator owner Algy Cluff on Margaret Thatcher, Robert Mugabe and Brexit
Picture books for grown-ups
Art Spiegelman, the American cartoonist behind Maus, the celebrated Holocaust cartoon, dreamt up a good definition of graphic novels: comics…
Picture books for grown-ups
Art Spiegelman, the American cartoonist behind Maus, the celebrated Holocaust cartoon, dreamt up a good definition of graphic novels: comics…
Rebel angels
The reverence for those involved in the Easter Rising is evident in an exhibition devoted to its centenary, says Harry Mount
Rebel angels
This is the first exhibition I’ve been to where the Prime Minister joined the hacks at the press view. A…
Trudeau family values
Justin Trudeau has his mother’s good looks – and his father’s dodgy economics
Diary
The Prime Minister is pretty angry with Boris. But the idea that they’ve competed with each other since school is…
Diary
The Prime Minister is pretty angry with Boris. But the idea that they’ve competed with each other since school is…
Beautiful losers
When Henry Worsley died last month attempting the first solo, unaided expedition across the Antarctic, he was 30 miles short…
Altar, font and arch and pew
John Betjeman, the patron saint of English parish churches, once warned against praising British buildings too much. Be careful before…
The secret brilliance of Prince Philip’s ‘gaffes’
I’ve just been on the receiving end of a Prince Philip gaffe, of sorts, and I loved it. It was…
Red-brick revolutionaries
Labour was once the clever party. Under Jeremy Corbyn, its front bench is purged of Oxbridge intellectuals
Adventures on the isle that seduced Odysseus
Gozo — Malta’s tiny island neighbour — was once rather a crucial spot in the Mediterranean. The Knights of Malta…
Adventures on the isle that seduced Odysseus
Gozo — Malta’s tiny island neighbour — was once rather a crucial spot in the Mediterranean. The Knights of Malta…
Bad winners
Victory hasn’t stopped the vitriol among the lefties of north London
See no evil
Harry Mount once idolised the Kray twins. He’s since seen the error of his ways
