The Spectator

Flash

31 January 2015 9:00 am

Tie

31 January 2015 9:00 am

Saudi

31 January 2015 9:00 am

Porn

31 January 2015 9:00 am

Who’s afraid of deflation?

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Campaigning in Putney in 1978, Mrs Thatcher famously took out a pair of scissors and cut a pound note down…

Portrait of the week

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Home More than 1,100 imams and Islamic leaders received a letter from Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, and Lord Ahmad…

Barometer

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Poor data Oxfam complained of an ‘inequality explosion’, citing an estimate that by next year 1 per cent of the…

From the archives

24 January 2015 9:00 am

From ‘Economic quackery’, The Spectator, 23 January 1915: Ever since the war began there has been a tendency to rely upon…

The Prophet Mohammed welcoming Jacob, from ‘Zubdet ut Tevarih’, 1583, by Lokman.

Books and arts

24 January 2015 9:00 am

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‘This area has recently moved from being a dump to being an expensive dump.’

Gentrification

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Desert island

24 January 2015 9:00 am

NHS

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘Under present circumstances, a handful of beans for a dairy cow seems like a bargain, Jack.’

Beans

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘I know my expectations of heaven shouldn’t have been so high but this is ridiculous..’

Heaven

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘We thought about a conservatory but decided this would add more value to the property.’

Property

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘Dad, what’s a pencil?’

Pencil

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘So can I put you down as holding us in slightly less contempt than the others, then?’

Down

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘You may now sext the bride.’

Bride

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘OK, gentlemen, enough beard envy.’

Beard

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘So, that’s bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, bamboo. And for you, Sir?’

Bamboo

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘No, this is flocking. Stampeding is on the 29th floor.’

Flocking

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Spartacus

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘I’ve heard of Hilary Mantel – but who is this Henry VIII?’

Wolf hall

24 January 2015 9:00 am

Miliband

24 January 2015 9:00 am

‘Isn’t that nice? It’s a gift from the Jehovah’s Witnesses to apologise for being so annoying and pushy earlier today.’

Trojan horse

24 January 2015 9:00 am