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
Books and Arts
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Answers to ‘Spot the Play Title’
1. Cat Honour Hot Tin Roof 2. Frank Hen Stein 3. Ark A Deer 4. Hammer Day S 5. Hiss…
