Keep the press free
It is said that the case for freedom of expression needs to be restated in every generation, but things move…
Barometer
Supremely exciting The nation awaits with bated breath the decision of the Supreme Court on whether the government can exercise…
These little islands
From ‘Engage the enemy more closely!’, The Spectator, 30 December 1916: Britain was never more vigorous than she is now:…
Letters
Unencumbered Sir: Matthew Parris’s bizarre reference (‘Unforgiven’, 10 December) to the UK economy as merely ‘medium-sized’ is a classic instance…
Portrait of the Week
Home The Queen was said by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg to have asked, at a private lunch before June’s referendum,…
Barometer
Supremely exciting The nation awaits with bated breath the decision of the Supreme Court on whether the government can exercise…
These little islands
From ‘Engage the enemy more closely!’, The Spectator, 30 December 1916: Britain was never more vigorous than she is now:…
Keep the press free
It is said that the case for freedom of expression needs to be restated in every generation, but things move…
Letters
Unencumbered Sir: Matthew Parris’s bizarre reference (‘Unforgiven’, 10 December) to the UK economy as merely ‘medium-sized’ is a classic instance…
Portrait of the Week
Home The Queen was said by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg to have asked, at a private lunch before June’s referendum,…
Barometer
Forgotten anniversaries 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution. Other anniversaries:50 years Radio 1; first North Sea gas…
Have you ever had a prayer answered?
Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury There have been lots of wonderful answers to prayer over many years, including recently. One…
Puzzles from GCHQ
Solving serious puzzles — to catch criminals and thwart terrorist plots — is what the men and women who work…
Letters
Taking precedent Sir: In his excellent piece on the Supreme Court Article 50 ruling (‘Brexit in the balance’, 3 December),…
