Trading places
After any other US election it would cause little comment that the new president had chosen the British Prime Minister…
An emperor’s inauguration
Given that Donald Trump is not the most popular president the USA has ever seen, even among his own party,…
Barometer
Starting cold Why is US Presidential Inauguration Day always on 20 January? — The date was moved from 4 March…
Who commands the sea?
From ‘Raiders, submarines and some naval problems’, The Spectator, 20 January 1917: At the moment the enemy’s fleet is compelled to…
Portrait of the week
Home Britain will leave the single market on leaving the European Union, Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said in a…
The right way to do Brexit: positive – but tough
From the start of the European Union referendum campaign, competing visions of Brexit have been advocated. To Nigel Farage, the…
