The Spectator

‘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

Cameron vs Charlie

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Last Sunday, David Cameron marched through Paris in solidarity, so it seemed, with those who stand up for free speech.…

The pen is mightier than the sword

Portrait of the week

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that he wanted to change the law so that there would be no…

Barometer

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Not Charlie Some cases which make Britain a pretty poor champion of free speech: — In 2005 Bristol pub landlord…

From the archives

17 January 2015 9:00 am

From ‘Music and the war’, The Spectator, 16 January 1915: The war, so far, has not thrown up any supreme…

‘Design for Loudspeaker No. 5’, 1922, by Gustav Klutsis

Books and arts

17 January 2015 9:00 am

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Marine

17 January 2015 9:00 am

‘Of course it was just a shell when I moved in.’

Snail

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Mansion

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Rock

17 January 2015 9:00 am

‘I’m just trying to find myself.’

Wally

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Looks

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Pen

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Leap

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Visit

17 January 2015 9:00 am

‘I appreciate you not wearing the red sweater this week, Doc.’

Bull

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Chicken

17 January 2015 9:00 am

Jihadi

17 January 2015 9:00 am

‘So, you’re a cartoonist — can you actually survive doing that?’

Cartoonist

17 January 2015 9:00 am