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The surfer, the sailor and the horseman: prosperity is all about personal stories
The tectonic plates of economic life rumble and shift. As ever, market watchers are obsessed by big themes — and…
Why does no one blame Cameron for Libya?
Call me petulant, but I’m not sure Britain is getting enough credit for our fine, fine work in Libya. The…
Ed’s campaign was fine. The problem is his party
Patrick Wintour is one of the best political editors around. For the Guardian he’s been for decades a cool and…
Cameron’s dark evening of the soul
At 6.30 p.m. on 7 May, the Camerons invited guests at their home in Oxfordshire into the garden for a…
The Spectator’s notes
Two beautiful volumes in a cloth-bound case reach me. They are Speeches and Articles by HRH The Prince of Wales…
My time of the month
I have spent the last few days posing with a tampon as part of an international campaign to demystify the…
The march of the ‘yes’ men
Forty years ago this week, Britain voted to remain part of the European Community. That remains the only direct vote…
The Spectator’s Notes
We in the West all hate Sepp Blatter, so we pay too little attention to the manner in which the…
Football’s elite deserve the foulness of Fifa
My favourite moment in the crisis engulfing football’s governing body, Fifa, came with the intervention of a man called Manuel…
Migrants face many dangers. Are we one of them?
A few weeks ago someone very dear to me passed on a question about The Spectator, asked them by a…
This is Leveson’s legacy: a great new way for bullies to muzzle the press
One of the fundamental principles of English common law is that you are innocent until proven guilty. And rightly so,…
The Fifa case: American justice at work as the world’s CCTV system
‘In matters of criminal justice,’ said NatWest Three defendant David Bermingham after a London court extradited him and his co-defendants…
The Fifa case: American justice at work as the world’s CCTV system
‘In matters of criminal justice,’ said NatWest Three defendant David Bermingham after a London court extradited him and his co-defendants…
This is Leveson’s legacy: a great new way for bullies to muzzle the press
One of the fundamental principles of English common law is that you are innocent until proven guilty. And rightly so,…
Migrants face many dangers. Are we one of them?
A few weeks ago someone very dear to me passed on a question about The Spectator, asked them by a…
The march of the ‘yes’ men
Forty years ago this week, Britain voted to remain part of the European Community. That remains the only direct vote…
The Spectator’s Notes
We in the West all hate Sepp Blatter, so we pay too little attention to the manner in which the…
Football’s elite deserve the foulness of Fifa
My favourite moment in the crisis engulfing football’s governing body, Fifa, came with the intervention of a man called Manuel…
Cameron’s EU rollercoaster
We have just had a very insular general election campaign, but the mood at Westminster is now determined by news…
The Spectator’s Notes
Amnesty International and others have placed a large newspaper advertisement telling Michael Gove ‘Don’t Scrap Our Human Rights’. The ad…
Benefits for people who don’t live here? Great idea
Yet another exciting discovery from the world of Islamic science. As you are probably aware, Islamic culture has always paid…
In today’s church, it seems, God can be outvoted
I see. So now we have the result of the Irish referendum on gay marriage, and now we’ve heard the…
Does anyone really expect the EU referendum to resolve anything?
I suppose, if you could look deep into the mind of somebody who was passionately keen that Britain should leave…
Which behaved worse: callous Thomas Cook or cynical Barclays?
Which is worse, morally and reputationally — to be Thomas Cook, shamed by its refusal to show proper human concern,…
Which behaved worse: callous Thomas Cook or cynical Barclays?
Which is worse, morally and reputationally — to be Thomas Cook, shamed by its refusal to show proper human concern,…
