Matthew Parris

Matthew Parris is a columnist for The Spectator and The Times.

For the first time, I feel ashamed to be British

9 July 2016 9:00 am

Before even writing this I know what response it will meet. Some who fought for Leave on 23 June will…

For the first time, I feel ashamed to be British

7 July 2016 1:00 pm

Before even writing this I know what response it will meet. Some who fought for Leave on 23 June will…

Was there any way not to traduce Cliff Richard?

25 June 2016 3:00 am

Sir Cliff Richard will not be charged with historic sex offences, say the police and Crown Prosecution Service. There is…

Was there any way not to traduce Cliff Richard?

23 June 2016 2:00 am

Sir Cliff Richard will not be charged with historic sex offences, say the police and Crown Prosecution Service. There is…

The six best reasons to vote Remain

11 June 2016 8:00 am

Like almost everyone, I’ve piled angrily into this fight. But as the debate nears resolution I feel ashamed of all…

If I were in charge of Leave, here’s what I’d say…

28 May 2016 9:00 am

It may be too late. But with only about three weeks before our referendum on EU membership I am itching…

If I were in charge of Leave, here’s what I’d say…

26 May 2016 1:00 pm

It may be too late. But with only about three weeks before our referendum on EU membership I am itching…

RIP Gussie, my plainspoken llama

14 May 2016 9:00 am

Gussie is the name of a grumpy and ill-natured llama, her coat largely white and somewhat unkempt, and much given…

RIP Gussie, my plainspoken llama

12 May 2016 1:00 pm

Gussie is the name of a grumpy and ill-natured llama, her coat largely white and somewhat unkempt, and much given…

Brexit Tories are feeling disrespected. How awful

30 April 2016 9:00 am

There are moments when one wonders whether one is seeing and hearing the same things as others. For me such…

Brexit Tories are feeling disrespected. How awful

28 April 2016 1:00 pm

There are moments when one wonders whether one is seeing and hearing the same things as others. For me such…

The wisdom of pitchfork-wielding crowds

16 April 2016 9:00 am

In a way the headline to my fellow columnist Dominic Lawson’s Sunday Times commentary on 12 April said it all.…

The wisdom of pitchfork-wielding crowds

14 April 2016 1:00 pm

In a way the headline to my fellow columnist Dominic Lawson’s Sunday Times commentary on 12 April said it all.…

The winged rabbit who made me a Tory

2 April 2016 9:00 am

His father’s dental cast, writes Graham Greene near the beginning of The Power and the Glory ‘had been [Trench’s] favourite…

The winged rabbit who made me a Tory

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

His father’s dental cast, writes Graham Greene near the beginning of The Power and the Glory ‘had been [Trench’s] favourite…

It’s the Labour moderates who need to get real

19 March 2016 9:00 am

It has become commonplace to remark that there exists in Britain a mainstream political grouping that seems to be dwelling…

It’s the Labour moderates who need to get real

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

It has become commonplace to remark that there exists in Britain a mainstream political grouping that seems to be dwelling…

Are we ready for virtual-reality news?

5 March 2016 9:00 am

John Humphrys staggering around in a piece of ‘virtual reality’ headgear that looked like binoculars and made him feel sick…

Are we ready for virtual-reality news?

3 March 2016 3:00 pm

John Humphrys staggering around in a piece of ‘virtual reality’ headgear that looked like binoculars and made him feel sick…

From Rhexit to Brexit

20 February 2016 9:00 am

We are all of us to some degree prisoners of our own experience. Experience may teach, of course — may…

From Rhexit to Brexit

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

We are all of us to some degree prisoners of our own experience. Experience may teach, of course — may…

Why I now believe in positive discrimination

6 February 2016 9:00 am

The Prime Minister no doubt knew he would be fanning the flames when he waded into the argument about the…

Why I now believe in positive discrimination

4 February 2016 3:00 pm

The Prime Minister no doubt knew he would be fanning the flames when he waded into the argument about the…

Rhodes’s statue should remain, on one condition

23 January 2016 9:00 am

Lobengula was the second king of the Matabele people in what is now Zimbabwe. He was also the last. Cecil…

Rhodes’s statue should remain, on one condition

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

Lobengula was the second king of the Matabele people in what is now Zimbabwe. He was also the last. Cecil…