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2684: Romans 5

25 January 2025 9:00 am

Why won’t Keir Starmer use the word ‘terrorist’?

25 January 2025 9:00 am

Why does Keir Starmer find it so hard to use the word ‘terrorist’ when talking about a man who buys…

Portrait of the week: Trump’s inauguration, Israel-Hamas ceasefire and cardboard humans comfort lonely fish

25 January 2025 9:00 am

Home Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty to the murder of three girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed…

Which were the most destructive fires in history?

18 January 2025 9:00 am

Swing states Where would Canada and Greenland rank if they became US states? – Canada would be, by far, the…

The folly of Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal

18 January 2025 9:00 am

It would be natural to assume that sinking bond markets would be the government’s priority this week, as low UK…

Portrait of the week: Tulip Siddiq quits, Sturgeon splits from husband and Trump spared jail

18 January 2025 9:00 am

Home Tulip Siddiq resigned as economic secretary to the Treasury, although she was found not to have broken the ministerial…

Letters: The dangers of the ADHD ‘industry’

18 January 2025 9:00 am

Nothing left Sir: Rod Liddle is right to ascribe the establishment’s desire to suppress the truth in relation to grooming…

Letters: In private schools, struggling children find the help they need

11 January 2025 9:00 am

Growing problem Sir: The first leading article of the year (‘Growing apart’, 4 January) points to the gap in economic…

Portrait of the week: grooming gangs, wildfires and a Littler victory

11 January 2025 9:00 am

Home Responding to a rejection by Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, of calls for a government inquiry into historical child…

It’s time to fast-track our adoption process

11 January 2025 9:00 am

The debate surrounding the sexual exploitation of thousands of children over decades, which has re-ignited this week, should act as…

The growing wealth gap between Britain and the US

4 January 2025 9:00 am

New year predictions are always rash, but it feels as though one aspect of the story of 2025 can already…

Portrait of the week: Reform’s rising membership, peerages and an 11lb puffball

4 January 2025 9:00 am

Home Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, said that the party now had more members than the Conservatives. On…

Letters: Where to find the best negroni

4 January 2025 9:00 am

Free thinking Sir: Your leading article (‘Article of faith’, 14 December) appears to have forgotten the connection between rationalism and…

Barometer

14 December 2024 9:00 am

Portrait of the year: Subpostmasters scandal, Rishi in the rain and Syrian rebels topple regime

14 December 2024 9:00 am

January After an ITV drama, the government suddenly proposed to do something about the unjust prosecution of sub-postmasters. Junior doctors…

In defence of faith

14 December 2024 9:00 am

For what should we give thanks this Christmas? The faith that sustains millions through life’s challenges and inspires countless acts…

A Spectator Christmas poll: Who is the most overrated painter?

14 December 2024 9:00 am

Jonathan Meades       This is a crowded field. A few years ago, I was delighted when Tracey Emin walked out of…