Matthew Parris

This ‘Islamist conspiracy’ is WMD all over again

12 June 2014 1:00 pm

Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_12_June_2014_v4.mp3 I can remember where I was when Colin Powell presented to the United Nations his evidence for the…

Elliot Rodger and the Hollywood ending

31 May 2014 9:00 am

I’ve found myself strangely drawn to the videos made by the 22-year-old assassin Elliot Rodger just before he went on…

Mass murder and the Hollywood ending

29 May 2014 1:00 pm

I’ve found myself strangely drawn to the videos made by the 22-year-old assassin Elliot Rodger just before he went on…

Why Gary Barlow should hang on to his OBE

17 May 2014 9:00 am

‘Strip him of his knighthood!’ Or life peerage, or CBE, OBE — or whatever. The cry goes up with a kind…

Should Gary Barlow give back his gong?

15 May 2014 1:00 pm

‘Strip him of his knighthood!’ Or life peerage, or CBE, OBE — or whatever. The cry goes up with a kind…

Ukip isn’t a national party. It’s a Tory sickness

3 May 2014 9:00 am

It can happen that something ought to feel wrong yet somehow doesn’t; and you wonder whether this means that in…

Ukip isn’t a national party. It’s a Tory sickness

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

It can happen that something ought to feel wrong yet somehow doesn’t; and you wonder whether this means that in…

I’m fascinated by our censorious fascination with other people’s sex lives. And I sense something shifting

19 April 2014 9:00 am

I liked the generic title ‘Another Voice’ that The Spectator used to give this column, because it seemed to loosen…

People’s attitude to sexual show trials is changing

16 April 2014 1:00 pm

I liked the generic title ‘Another Voice’ that The Spectator used to give this column, because it seemed to loosen…

Time for the King of Spain to save his country again

5 April 2014 9:00 am

Might there ever be in this century, anywhere in Europe, a case for serious political interference by an hereditary monarch?…

King Juan Carlos must save Spain – again

3 April 2014 2:00 pm

Might there ever be in this century, anywhere in Europe, a case for serious political interference by an hereditary monarch?…

We have to tell the truth about Tony Benn now. Who will hear it later?

22 March 2014 9:00 am

I could start by remarking that we should not speak ill of the dead, quoting the pertinent Latin phrase: de…

Why it’s right to criticise the newly dead

20 March 2014 3:00 pm

I could start by remarking that we should not speak ill of the dead, quoting the pertinent Latin phrase: de…

Leave Ukraine to the Russians

8 March 2014 9:00 am

‘You can’t always get what you want,’ chorused Mick Jagger, ‘but if you try some time/You just might find/You get…

Leave Ukraine to the Russians

6 March 2014 3:00 pm

Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/Untitled_2_AAC_audio.mp3 ‘You can’t always get what you want,’ chorused Mick Jagger, ‘but if you try some time/You just might…

A secret from my African childhood has become a deeper mystery

22 February 2014 9:00 am

About 55 years ago, when I was about ten, my younger brother Roger and I discovered a slave pit in…

Back in time to a childhood discovery in Africa

20 February 2014 3:00 pm

About 55 years ago, when I was about ten, my younger brother Roger and I discovered a slave pit in…

How Alex Salmond could lose his referendum and still wreck the United Kingdom

8 February 2014 9:00 am

From a kind of torpor about this year’s Scottish referendum, Lord Lang of Monkton has roused me. You may remember…

Warning: ‘no’ won’t be Scotland’s final answer

6 February 2014 3:00 pm

Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_6_February_2014_v4.mp3 From a kind of torpor about this year’s Scottish referendum, Lord Lang of Monkton has roused me. You…

Is a new art form being born on Woman's Hour?

25 January 2014 9:00 am

In a comic-strip cartoon, beads of water apparently radiating outward from the head of one of the characters indicate embarrassment.…

Is a new art form being born on Woman’s Hour?

23 January 2014 3:00 pm

In a comic-strip cartoon, beads of water apparently radiating outward from the head of one of the characters indicate embarrassment.…

Hedonistic? No, today's gay men are civic-minded - and conservative

11 January 2014 9:00 am

A gay friend phones over the New Year break. A lovely chap (let us call him Richard) and long retired,…

It’s gay men who contribute most to society

9 January 2014 3:00 pm

A gay friend phones over the New Year break. A lovely chap (let us call him Richard) and long retired,…

Matthew Parris: Logically, bitcoin fans should love the euro. Why don't they?

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Bitcoins have been in the news, after a story about an unfortunate fellow who jettisoned his computer’s hard drive that…

If you love gold, shouldn’t you love the euro too?

12 December 2013 3:00 pm

Bitcoins have been in the news, after a story about an unfortunate fellow who jettisoned his computer’s hard drive that…