Barometer
Centuries of conflict 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the war which was supposed to end all wars. Has the…
Letters
In defence of super-heads Sir: I would like to defend head teachers all over the country from the assertions made…
Joy to the world
Pessimism sells. It shifts books and newspapers, sends ratings soaring. It fills lecture halls, wins research grants, makes political careers.…
Portrait of the Year
January David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said he wanted to ‘negotiate a new settlement with our European partners’, and that…
Barometer
Whose year is it anyway? Some things which 2014 has been declared to be the year of: — Year of…
Letters
A net gain Sir: Jamie Bartlett tries to balance plus and minus, and ends with zero (‘Little Brothers are watching…
Letters from Christmas Past
This is a selection of seasonal letters from The Spectator’s 185-year archive, now online at archive.spectator.co.uk. The emblem to the…
What would you tell your 14-year-old self?
A Spectator Christmas survey
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