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The Spectator’s notes

22 August 2015 9:00 am

Watching the very pleasant Liz Kendall on television this week, I was struck by how extraordinary it is that more…

The welcome return of the valedictory dispatch

22 August 2015 9:00 am

‘All I ever tried to do was hold a mirror up and show you how beautiful you really are. Shine…

Bisexuality is now everywhere (and nowhere)

22 August 2015 9:00 am

I’m not aware of knowing many bisexual people. Or indeed, off the top of my head, any bisexual people. Which…

Come on, prime minister: a peerage for our peerless folding bike designer

22 August 2015 9:00 am

Asked to name Britain’s greatest living industrial designer, most people might cite Sir Jony Ive of Apple or Sir James…

Come on, prime minister: a peerage for our peerless folding bike designer

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

Asked to name Britain’s greatest living industrial designer, most people might cite Sir Jony Ive of Apple or Sir James…

Bisexuality is now everywhere (and nowhere)

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

I’m not aware of knowing many bisexual people. Or indeed, off the top of my head, any bisexual people. Which…

The welcome return of the valedictory dispatch

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

‘All I ever tried to do was hold a mirror up and show you how beautiful you really are. Shine…

The Spectator’s notes

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

Watching the very pleasant Liz Kendall on television this week, I was struck by how extraordinary it is that more…

Labour MPs’ next choice: which leadership coup to back

20 August 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/thecleaneatingcult/media.mp3 Jeremy Corbyn’s close friend Tony Benn had five questions he always asked of those in power: ‘What power…

Time is running out for Labour

15 August 2015 9:00 am

The Labour leadership contest was supposed to be a debate about the party’s future. Instead it has oscillated between petty…

The Spectator’s notes

15 August 2015 9:00 am

Our son, William, celebrated his marriage on Saturday. You would expect me to say that it was wonderful, sunny occasion.…

The feminists who fell for a bleeding hoax

15 August 2015 9:00 am

Did you know that tampons were just another brutal expression of the oppressive patriarchy? I must confess that I didn’t…

The clock that stopped: the victory of nuclear arms and defeat of nuclear power

15 August 2015 9:00 am

‘I visited the black marble obelisk which marks the epicentre of the explosion, and I saw the plain domestic wall-clock…

The clock that stopped: the victory of nuclear arms and defeat of nuclear power

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

‘I visited the black marble obelisk which marks the epicentre of the explosion, and I saw the plain domestic wall-clock…

The feminists who fell for a bleeding hoax

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Did you know that tampons were just another brutal expression of the oppressive patriarchy? I must confess that I didn’t…

The Spectator’s notes

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Our son, William, celebrated his marriage on Saturday. You would expect me to say that it was wonderful, sunny occasion.…

Time is running out for Labour

13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/chinasdownturn-labourslostvotersandthesweetestvictoryagainstaustralia/media.mp3 The Labour leadership contest was supposed to be a debate about the party’s future. Instead it has oscillated…

Hillary Clinton (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty)

How Hillary can win it – for the Republicans

8 August 2015 9:00 am

 New York Remember the fizz around Gordon Brown’s election campaign in 2010? The excitement he brought to the trail? The…

The Spectator’s Notes

8 August 2015 9:00 am

As someone who has rarely written a sentence in praise of the late Sir Edward Heath, I hope I can…

Who’d have thought that about Ted? Well…

8 August 2015 9:00 am

In another blow for freedom and the protection of the vulnerable, Conservative MP Mark Spencer has suggested that anti-terror legislation…

If Corbyn wins, he could split the Tories too

8 August 2015 9:00 am

‘Why this sudden restlessness, this confusion?’ asked C.P. Cavafy in his poem ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: Because night has fallen…

The Libor trader’s long stretch is a big message to the banking world

8 August 2015 9:00 am

Fourteen years is a long stretch. The punishment imposed on former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes for his role…

The Libor trader’s long stretch is a big message to the banking world

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

Fourteen years is a long stretch. The punishment imposed on former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes for his role…

If Corbyn wins, he could split the Tories too

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

‘Why this sudden restlessness, this confusion?’ asked C.P. Cavafy in his poem ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: Because night has fallen…

Hillary Clinton (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty)

How Hillary can win it – for the Republicans

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

 New York Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/howtofixtherefugeecrisis/media.mp3 Remember the fizz around Gordon Brown’s election campaign in 2010? The excitement he brought to the…