The Spectator

Clarkson

21 March 2015 9:00 am

‘We really don’t know which way it’s going to go.’

Election night

21 March 2015 9:00 am

Dish and spoon

21 March 2015 9:00 am

Migrant muddle

19 March 2015 3:00 pm

For a long while, the Conservatives have been puzzled about their lack of popularity among immigrants. In theory, the Conservative…

Barometer

19 March 2015 3:00 pm

Cooking statistics Ed Miliband was photographed in a miserable kitchen, but it turned out to be only a snack preparation…

What the censors miss

19 March 2015 3:00 pm

From ‘Unofficial News’, The Spectator, 13 March 1915: The exclusion of war correspondents from the firing line has greatly reduced the…

James McAvoy is wrong – the arts are better off without subsidy

14 March 2015 9:00 am

The season of cringe-making acceptance speeches at arts awards ceremonies is nearly over, thank heavens. But it hasn’t passed without…

Portrait of the week

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Home Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, said that ‘a huge burden of responsibility’ lay with those who acted as apologists…

How (not) to poison a dog

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Deadly to dogs An Irish setter was allegedly poisoned at Crufts, using beef containing slug pellets. Some other substances with which dog-show rivals…

Officers’ off hours

14 March 2015 9:00 am

From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 13 March 1915: We are glad to note that officers in uniform have been…

‘Mirth’, c.1819–23, by Goya

Books and arts

14 March 2015 9:00 am

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‘Could you turn the bias down?’

BBC

14 March 2015 9:00 am

‘Obviously, accountants, solicitors, head teachers and other poor people use a different entrance.’

Flats

14 March 2015 9:00 am

RSPB

14 March 2015 9:00 am

‘So. Neither mine nor yours wants to babysit for ours.’

Babysit

14 March 2015 9:00 am

‘Nick Clegg’s appealing to the floating voter.’

Floating voter

14 March 2015 9:00 am

‘I don’t think you’re really cut out for a career in politics.’

Pinoc

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Selfie

14 March 2015 9:00 am

‘What, another live person? Do you have any computers over there I can speak with?’

Droid

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Baby

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Debate

14 March 2015 9:00 am

‘You’re suffering from a terrible postcode.’

GP

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Barometer

12 March 2015 3:00 pm

Deadly to dogs An Irish setter was allegedly poisoned at Crufts, using beef containing slug pellets. Some other substances with which dog-show rivals…

If you really love the NHS, you know it needs to change

7 March 2015 9:00 am

To adapt Aeschylus’s aphorism on war and truth, the first casualty in a general election campaign is objectivity. Over the…

Portrait of the week

7 March 2015 9:00 am

Home The man seen in several Islamic State videos of hostages being beheaded, nicknamed Jihadi John by the British press,…