The Spectator

Portrait of the week

1 April 2023 9:00 am

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1 April 2023 9:00 am

Letters

1 April 2023 9:00 am

Care of children Sir: At last people, namely Harriet Sergeant (‘The ghost children’, 25 March) and Rod Liddle (‘Childcare: an…

Portrait of the week

25 March 2023 9:00 am

Party games

25 March 2023 9:00 am

Boris Johnson should not be forgiven for his handling of lockdown. He needlessly criminalised everyday behaviour when voluntary guidelines would…

Barometer

25 March 2023 9:00 am

Beyond a joke Is it time to rewrite an old joke? A letter published in Time in 1963 suggested that…

Letters

25 March 2023 9:00 am

Uncertain times Sir: Kate Andrews’s article on the era of economic certainty (‘Crash test’, 18 March) is not the first…

The missing million

18 March 2023 9:00 am

There was plenty of miserable economic news in this week’s Budget: the highest taxes imposed by any peacetime government, the…

Portrait of the week

18 March 2023 9:00 am

Solution to 2593: Capital Development

18 March 2023 9:00 am

1A, 7A, 18A, 40A, 46A and 47A are all on the new Elizabeth Line, which appears in the grid when…

Barometer

18 March 2023 9:00 am

Letters

18 March 2023 9:00 am

Channel anger Sir: I fear that in your leading article (‘Our duty to refugees’, 11 March) you find yourself in the…

Our duty to refugees

11 March 2023 9:00 am

It is hard to deny that the government must take tough action on the issue of migrants arriving in Britain…

Portrait of the week

11 March 2023 9:00 am

Barometer

11 March 2023 9:00 am

Letters

11 March 2023 9:00 am

Friends like these… Sir: I much admire Peter Frankopan as a historian but his article ‘Is Putin winning?’ (4 March)…

Anatomy of a scandal

4 March 2023 9:00 am

Last summer, Rishi Sunak told this magazine about what happened inside government during lockdown. The policy, he said, had been…

Portrait of the Week

4 March 2023 9:00 am

Barometer

4 March 2023 9:00 am

Striking out An England vs Wales rugby match was nearly called off after Welsh players threatened to go on strike…

Letters

4 March 2023 9:00 am

Beyond belief Sir: Tim Farron (‘Church and state’, 25 February) repeats many of the common errors made by those of faith.…

The SNP’s purity test

25 February 2023 9:00 am

It seems as if Kate Forbes is about to achieve the remarkable distinction of losing an election as a result…