May needs her party
As if we needed reminding, this past week has shown that the Islamist threat is a truly global problem. In…
Letters
Terrorists’ guilt Sir: A small contribution to the psychological war: when the next atrocity happens, could the BBC and other…
Portrait of the week
Home Eight people were killed and 48 taken to hospital when three men, in a hire van travelling south shortly…
The potato’s finest hour
From ‘Our friends the vegetables’, 9 June 1917. The food shortage, and the consequent necessity of planting every available space with…
Our flying machines
From ‘News of the week’, The Spectator, 2 June 1917: There has been a lull on the Western front. It…
May’s mistakes
On the eve of the US presidential election, experts at Princeton university decided that Donald Trump had a 1 per…
Letters
Ignoring the hadith Sir: Douglas Murray and Jenny McCartney (‘The known wolf’ and ‘A war on joy’, 27 May) are…
Portrait of the week
Home The Conservatives grew restive when polls, for what they were worth, indicated a closing gap between their support and…
