Vladimir Putin knows what he stands for. Do we?
Possibly because his oratory is no match for his much-displayed pectoral muscles, the speeches of Vladimir Putin are seldom reported…
Portrait of the week
Home Nigel Evans, who had resigned as deputy speaker before being cleared of a bundle of rape and sexual assault…
Spectator letters: On wind turbines, Churchill's only exam success, and the red-trousered mayor of Bristol
When the wind blows Sir: Clare Oxford’s piece (‘Gone with the wind turbines’, 12 April) is both timely and sad.…
Runaway runners and other other sporting refugees
Done a runner Mami Konneh Lahun, a 24-year-old athlete from Sierra Leone, went missing after finishing as the 20th-placed woman…
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It's time to stop the omnishambles - and send Lynton Crosby to No. 10
Yet again, the Conservative party has reminded us that it is quite capable of losing the next election. The events…
Portrait of the week
Home Maria Miller resigned as Culture Secretary after a week of being the centre of a game of hunt-the-issue. She…
The rise and fall of the Red Road flats
Flat pack Some facts about Glasgow’s Red Road Flats, built in 1968, which are to be demolished as part of…
