The Spectator

Invest

21 February 2015 9:00 am

‘Here comes the private jet.’

Jet

21 February 2015 9:00 am

‘We need to be careful. It could be full of election promises.’

Promises

21 February 2015 9:00 am

‘Before I begin, has everyone taken their statin?’

Statin

21 February 2015 9:00 am

‘It’s wonderful to see them behaving naturally in the wild rather than being forced to perform in captivity.’

Clowns

21 February 2015 9:00 am

Isis

21 February 2015 9:00 am

‘The coast is clear, Cap’n, I think we’re safe to board her.’

Pirates

21 February 2015 9:00 am

Pooh stick

Stick

21 February 2015 9:00 am

Laying down our arms

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Britain is forfeiting its position on the world stage. With no national debate, we are surrendering our claim to be…

Portrait of the week

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Home Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, told Parliament that Britain reserved the right to supply arms to Ukraine, as ‘We…

Barometer

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Watching brief Samsung warned users of its voice-activated televisions that what they said in front of the TV could be…

From the archives

14 February 2015 9:00 am

From ‘Prohibition in Scotland during the War’, The Spectator, 13 February 1915: At present the economic waste caused by drunkenness…

‘The Diggers’ (after Jean-François Millet), 1889, by Vincent Van Gogh

Books & Arts opener

14 February 2015 9:00 am

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Babies

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Obesity

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Boss

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Balls

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Bravery

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Results

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Banking

14 February 2015 9:00 am

‘Shouldn’t there be a catastrophe in that sentence?’

Catastrophe

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Dylan

14 February 2015 9:00 am

Green

14 February 2015 9:00 am

‘A word of warning: he doesn’t suffer fools gladly.’

Fool

14 February 2015 9:00 am

‘It’s so I don’t have to watch Fifty Shades of Grey.’

Fifty shades

14 February 2015 9:00 am