Portrait of the week
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Universities challenged
On the face of it, this year’s Nobel Prize awards have been a triumph for British scientists. No fewer than…
Books & arts
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Universities challenged
On the face of it, this year’s Nobel Prize awards have been a triumph for British scientists. No fewer than…
Barometer
Fears of a clown Professional clowns complained that the current craze for scaring people by dressing in clown outfits was…
Sea strategy
From ‘Decisive victory at sea’, The Spectator, 7 October 1916: The only excuse for changing our views of the magnificent rightness…
Letters
Cathedral going Sir: While I enjoyed much of Simon Jenkins’s analysis of why England’s cathedrals are thriving (‘Why cathedrals are…
Portrait of the week
Home The pound fell against the dollar and the euro, weakening by 19 per cent against the dollar from its…
Barometer
Tenement Scots John Cleese referred to the editor of this magazine as a ‘tenement Scot’. Do more Scots live in…
Conscription in Ireland
From ‘More men’, The Spectator, 7 October 1916: Are we or are we not to apply compulsory service to Ireland? The…
Portrait of the Week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said at the Conservative party conference that hers was now the party of ‘working-class’…
Where are the ideas?
The Conservative party conference in Birmingham this week seemed a remarkably relaxed affair. The European question has been settled. Seldom…
Letters
Studying grammars Sir: Isabel Hardman (Politics, 1 October) states that no reputable research backs up the belief that grammar schools…
Cover 8 October 2016
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Books & Arts Opener
The post Books & Arts Opener appeared first on The Spectator. Got something to add? Join the discussion and comment…
Where are the ideas?
The Conservative party conference in Birmingham this week seemed a remarkably relaxed affair. The European question has been settled. Seldom…
Barometer
Tenement Scots John Cleese referred to the editor of this magazine as a ‘tenement Scot’. Do more Scots live in…
Conscription in Ireland
From ‘More men’, The Spectator, 7 October 1916: Are we or are we not to apply compulsory service to Ireland? The…
Letters
Studying grammars Sir: Isabel Hardman (Politics, 1 October) states that no reputable research backs up the belief that grammar schools…
Portrait of the Week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said at the Conservative party conference that hers was now the party of ‘working-class’…
Portrait of the week
Home Sir Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, said that Britain would oppose attempts to create an EU army, as it…
Barometer
Lynch lore John McDonnell refused to apologise for a 2014 interview in which he called for former employment minister Esther…
Serpent of mud
From ‘The fall of Combles and Thiepval’, The Spectator, 30 September 1916: The trench — ugly, dirty, dull, untidy serpent…
Deadly silence
There was a time when the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo would have featured strongly in political debate in Britain. Just…
Letters
Ground zero Sir: James Forsyth looks for hope for moderates within the Labour party and finds none (‘The party’s over’,…
