The Spectator

Balmoral

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘It’ll create thousands of jobs for constitutional experts.’

Yes

13 September 2014 9:00 am

Gin

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘Am I back in the Middle Ages or in the present day?’

Tardis

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘I mean, for goodness sake! What is wrong with these people?’

Doc

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘But I thought he was from YOUR previous marriage.’

Previous

13 September 2014 9:00 am

Boot

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘Madame Trierweiler’s book? I’m afraid we’ve just sold out.’

Book

13 September 2014 9:00 am

Tunnel

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘You do realise we’re the only ones in this household on private healthcare.’

Medicine

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘Your Excellency, Monsieur Fabergé called by and wanted to know if you’re going to pay his overdue bill.’

Eggs

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘He’s out. Try his avatar’

Avatar

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘But — and it’s a very big but.’

But

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘I’m sure your status as Monarch of the Glen won’t be affected.’

Monarch

13 September 2014 9:00 am

‘I reckon you’ve double-booked ’ere, mate.’

Booked

13 September 2014 9:00 am

Idiots

13 September 2014 9:00 am

A new Nato

6 September 2014 9:00 am

This week’s Nato summit was originally intended to look back on lessons learned from Afghanistan and reflect on the notion…

Portrait of the week

6 September 2014 9:00 am

Home Britain’s terror threat level was raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’ in response to fighting in Iraq and Syria, meaning…

Barometer

6 September 2014 9:00 am

In poor taste US Ambassador Matthew Barzun attracted the ire of chefs for complaining that he had been served lamb…

From the archives

6 September 2014 9:00 am

From ‘The giving up of Louvain to “Military Execution”,’ The Spectator, 5 September 1914: Germany has dealt herself the hardest…

Letters

6 September 2014 9:00 am

Advice for Cameron Sir: David Cameron once saved my life from a school of Portuguese man o’ war jellyfish, so…

‘The Astronomer’, 1867, a portrait of Sir John Herschel by Julia Margaret Cameron, great-aunt of Virginia Woolf

Books and arts

6 September 2014 9:00 am

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Newton discovers charity

Newton

6 September 2014 9:00 am

Football

6 September 2014 9:00 am

‘I’ve seen better passwords.’

Nude

6 September 2014 9:00 am