Is a new art form being born on Woman’s Hour?
In a comic-strip cartoon, beads of water apparently radiating outward from the head of one of the characters indicate embarrassment.…
Hedonistic? No, today's gay men are civic-minded - and conservative
A gay friend phones over the New Year break. A lovely chap (let us call him Richard) and long retired,…
It’s gay men who contribute most to society
A gay friend phones over the New Year break. A lovely chap (let us call him Richard) and long retired,…
Matthew Parris: Logically, bitcoin fans should love the euro. Why don't they?
Bitcoins have been in the news, after a story about an unfortunate fellow who jettisoned his computer’s hard drive that…
If you love gold, shouldn’t you love the euro too?
Bitcoins have been in the news, after a story about an unfortunate fellow who jettisoned his computer’s hard drive that…
Matthew Parris: The secret Australia - and why I love it
Nations seek their souls in the strangest places. We English, for instance, have illustrated ourselves to the world and to…
A corner of Australia that is forever Bournemouth
Nations seek their souls in the strangest places. We English, for instance, have illustrated ourselves to the world and to…
Matthew Parris: I've been living with a miracle for 60 years
This is probably the most self-indulgent column I’ve written. I hope not to make a habit of it. It’s an…
An old wound takes its toll at last
This is probably the most self-indulgent column I’ve written. I hope not to make a habit of it. It’s an…
You're not as special as you think
My preferred route from the Times’s offices in Wapping on to the main road takes me across a precinct then…
The human condition in a scuffed yellow line
My preferred route from the Times’s offices in Wapping on to the main road takes me across a precinct then…
Matthew Parris: Atheists deserve better opposition
I wish I were a religious conservative: the field’s wide open. It must be dispiriting for believers to encounter so…
Religious sceptics deserve better enemies
I wish I were a religious conservative: the field’s wide open. It must be dispiriting for believers to encounter so…
Matthew Parris: The Tories mustn't cuddle up to Ukip — just imagine if it happened on the left
Such is my respect for Spectator readers that I offer you a column whose subtext is in Latin. Ours is…
The Tories would be mad to cuddle up to Ukip
Such is my respect for Spectator readers that I offer you a column whose subtext is in Latin. Ours is…
Coalition with Labour would suffocate the Liberal Democrats
I write this in Glasgow, at the Lib Dem conference. Nick Clegg has invented a constitutional doctrine. The doctrine teaches…
Nick Clegg should stick with the devil he knows
I write this in Glasgow, at the Lib Dem conference. Nick Clegg has invented a constitutional doctrine. The doctrine teaches…
You can’t demand democracy in Syria but ignore it at home
After David Cameron’s decision to seek parliamentary approval for air strikes against Syria, two lobbies came charging in, banners aloft.…
The awkward truth about democracy in action
After David Cameron’s decision to seek parliamentary approval for air strikes against Syria, two lobbies came charging in, banners aloft.…
I don’t think it’s over in the Balkans
I returned last week from a short break in the Balkans; travelling by train in Serbia, walking from village to…
I don’t think it’s over in the Balkans
I returned last week from a short break in the Balkans; travelling by train in Serbia, walking from village to…
Gay civil partners should resist pressure to 'upgrade' to marriage
Apparently I’ve proposed to my civil partner. He claims that on BBC Radio 2, on the Jeremy Vine show (he…
Must we celebrate gay weddings twice?
Apparently I’ve proposed to my civil partner. He claims that on BBC Radio 2, on the Jeremy Vine show (he…
When party leaders depart from the script, all hell breaks loose
It is within the experience of even the humblest of MPs that those who oppose what you do will berate…
No one else will say it. But right now, both Milband and Cameron are heroic
It is within the experience of even the humblest of MPs that those who oppose what you do will berate…
