Letters
Freudian slap Sir: In his Notes (7 January), Charles Moore explores the uncharacteristic reaction of Matthew Parris to the referendum…
No, he didn’t
The irony of Barack Obama’s presidency is that while it began at a time when it seemed America’s fortunes could…
Barometer
Black background A Morris dancing troupe with blacked-up faces had to abandon its performance in a Birmingham shopping centre after…
Bonds of friendship
From ‘The Rome conference and bonds of alliance’, The Spectator, 13 January 1917: There may be the greatest possible good,…
Letters
Freudian slap Sir: In his Notes (7 January), Charles Moore explores the uncharacteristic reaction of Matthew Parris to the referendum…
Portrait of the week
Home Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour party, proposed a limit on incomes: ‘I would like to see some kind…
Barometer
Village people The government announced plans for 14 ‘garden villages’. The concept of a garden city or village is attributed…
A killing to celebrate
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 6 January 1917: The war has been crowded with romantic adventures by sea…
Sir Ivan’s exit
The wonder about Sir Ivan Rogers’s resignation as Britain’s ambassador to the EU is that he was still in the…
Portrait of the week
Home Sir Ivan Rogers, Britain’s ambassador to the EU, resigned; he had been expected to play an important part in…
Letters
Yet another kind of snob Sir: May I offer another definition of a ‘snob’ to the one described by Bryan…
Sir Ivan’s exit
The wonder about Sir Ivan Rogers’s resignation as Britain’s ambassador to the EU is that he was still in the…
