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Can this sweet little girl get out of Aleppo alive?
Every morning, after the children go to school, I turn on my computer to check that Bana Alabed is alive…
The sexy new face of cigarette packaging
Something for which to thank the government, at last. It is much, much more fun buying cigarettes these days. It…
The Spectator’s Notes
It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…
Workers on boards: red herring from the 1970s or useful negotiating card?
‘We’re going to have not just consumers represented on company boards, but workers as well,’ Theresa May declared in July.…
How I learned to embrace my inner toff
I do hope it’s a terrible winter this year: a total bastard where everyone’s snowed into their drives and those…
The Spectator’s Notes
It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…
Can this sweet little girl get out of Aleppo alive?
Every morning, after the children go to school, I turn on my computer to check that Bana Alabed is alive…
The sexy new face of cigarette packaging
Something for which to thank the government, at last. It is much, much more fun buying cigarettes these days. It…
Soothing mood music from Hammond and May disguises challenges ahead
Theresa May likes to give a kitten-heeled kicking to conference audiences, even when they are police officers or her own…
The pick-up artists who seduced a country
Many years ago, when I was a mere slip of a features journalist, I spent a weekend learning how to…
We live in a golden age of swearing
Authors’ book tours are often fun but rarely easy. For me the long train journeys are a delight, but on…
Prisons should be nicer places? Nonsense
Now that post-Marxian vacuous liberalism is over, it is surely about time that we revived the vigorous writings of Thomas…
The Spectator’s Notes
It is not self-evidently ridiculous that Nigel Farage should be the next British ambassador to the United States. The wishes…
Soothing mood music from Hammond and May disguises challenges ahead
Theresa May likes to give a kitten-heeled kicking to conference audiences, even when they are police officers or her own…
The pick-up artists who seduced a country
Many years ago, when I was a mere slip of a features journalist, I spent a weekend learning how to…
The Spectator’s Notes
It is not self-evidently ridiculous that Nigel Farage should be the next British ambassador to the United States. The wishes…
Prisons should be nicer places? Nonsense
Now that post-Marxian vacuous liberalism is over, it is surely about time that we revived the vigorous writings of Thomas…
In Trump’s Texas, the oil men awaken to hope of new prosperity
Houston, Texas It’s hard to find anyone in polite society here who admits to having voted for Trump, even among…
The moral arc of the universe bends towards me
So I made £250 betting on Trump to win the presidency. It would have been more, except that every time…
My husband’s ‘gay affair’ with Gove
A few weeks ago I discovered that while he should have been focused on the fight of his life during…
The economic consequences of Philip Hammond
What are now called ‘fiscal events’—the Budget and the Autumn Statement—have become the biggest dates in the Westminster calendar. The…
The Spectator’s Notes
On a day when much fuss was being made about ‘false news’ on the net, it was amusing to study…
In Trump’s Texas, the oil men awaken to hope of new prosperity
Houston, Texas It’s hard to find anyone in polite society here who admits to having voted for Trump, even among…
The moral arc of the universe bends towards me
So I made £250 betting on Trump to win the presidency. It would have been more, except that every time…
My husband’s ‘gay affair’ with Gove
A few weeks ago I discovered that while he should have been focused on the fight of his life during…
