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Folio society A new collection of Shakespeare’s work credits Christopher Marlowe as co-author of the three Henry VI plays. Some…
A deadly silence
From ‘Secrecy and disease’, The Spectator, 28 October 1916: The war might have damned us, as Germany planned, but it…
Letters
Bear baiting Sir: I couldn’t agree more with Rod Liddle’s exposé of western politico-militaristic hypocrisy (‘Stop the sabre-rattling’, 22 October). We’ve…
Portrait of the week
Home The government approved the proposal in Sir Howard Davies’s report for the building of an extra 3,800-yard runway at…
Flights of fancy
An extra runway for Heathrow was first proposed by a Labour government — not Gordon Brown’s, or Tony Blair’s, but…
Flights of fancy
An extra runway for Heathrow was first proposed by a Labour government — not Gordon Brown’s, or Tony Blair’s, but…
Barometer
Folio society A new collection of Shakespeare’s work credits Christopher Marlowe as co-author of the three Henry VI plays. Some…
A deadly silence
From ‘Secrecy and disease’, The Spectator, 28 October 1916: The war might have damned us, as Germany planned, but it…
Letters
Bear baiting Sir: I couldn’t agree more with Rod Liddle’s exposé of western politico-militaristic hypocrisy (‘Stop the sabre-rattling’, 22 October). We’ve…
Portrait of the week
Home The government approved the proposal in Sir Howard Davies’s report for the building of an extra 3,800-yard runway at…
Letters
Russia’s war crimes Sir: In his article ‘Vanity Bombing’ (15 October), Simon Jenkins quivers with contempt at MPs digging ‘deep into…
The King’s contribution
From ‘A Royal contribution’, The Spectator, 7 October 1916: His Majesty has passed through troublous times, in the constitutional controversy, in…
Portrait of the week
Home Steven Woolfe, the MEP who spent three days in hospital after an altercation at a Ukip meeting, said he…
When Isis comes home
The Islamic State’s pretence to nationhood was based on the holding of territory. With the battle for Mosul this week,…
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Ape escapes A gorilla got out of its enclosure at London Zoo and entered a keepers’ area, prompting an evacuation…
Books and Arts opener
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Cover 15 October 2016
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When Isis comes home
The Islamic State’s pretence to nationhood was based on the holding of territory. With the battle for Mosul this week,…
Barometer
Ape escapes A gorilla got out of its enclosure at London Zoo and entered a keepers’ area, prompting an evacuation…
The King’s contribution
From ‘A Royal contribution’, The Spectator, 7 October 1916: His Majesty has passed through troublous times, in the constitutional controversy, in…
Letters
Russia’s war crimes Sir: In his article ‘Vanity Bombing’ (15 October), Simon Jenkins quivers with contempt at MPs digging ‘deep into…
Portrait of the week
Home Steven Woolfe, the MEP who spent three days in hospital after an altercation at a Ukip meeting, said he…
Barometer
Fears of a clown Professional clowns complained that the current craze for scaring people by dressing in clown outfits was…
Letters
Cathedral going Sir: While I enjoyed much of Simon Jenkins’s analysis of why England’s cathedrals are thriving (‘Why cathedrals are…
Sea strategy
From ‘Decisive victory at sea’, The Spectator, 7 October 1916: The only excuse for changing our views of the magnificent rightness…
