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This is Leveson’s legacy: a great new way for bullies to muzzle the press

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

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?

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

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

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

Forty years ago this week, Britain voted to remain part of the European Community. That remains the only direct vote…

The Spectator’s Notes

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

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

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

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

30 May 2015 9:00 am

We have just had a very insular general election campaign, but the mood at Westminster is now determined by news…

The Spectator’s Notes

30 May 2015 9:00 am

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

30 May 2015 9:00 am

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

30 May 2015 9:00 am

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?

30 May 2015 9:00 am

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?

30 May 2015 9:00 am

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?

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Which is worse, morally and reputationally — to be Thomas Cook, shamed by its refusal to show proper human concern,…

Does anyone really expect the EU referendum to resolve anything?

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

I suppose, if you could look deep into the mind of somebody who was passionately keen that Britain should leave…

In today’s church, it seems, God can be outvoted

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

I see. So now we have the result of the Irish referendum on gay marriage, and now we’ve heard the…

Cameron’s EU rollercoaster

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/defeatingisis/media.mp3 We have just had a very insular general election campaign, but the mood at Westminster is now determined…

The Spectator’s Notes

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

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

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Yet another exciting discovery from the world of Islamic science. As you are probably aware, Islamic culture has always paid…

A small majority means big challenges

23 May 2015 9:00 am

In ancient Rome, when a general rode in triumph through the city, a slave would stand behind him whispering into…

The Spectator’s Notes

23 May 2015 9:00 am

Who benefits from Prince Charles’s handshake with Gerry Adams? Not the victims of IRA violence, including the 18 soldiers who…

Let’s set the cops on barbaric fox-hunters

23 May 2015 9:00 am

Among those deeply disappointed with the Conservative party’s victory on 7 May was Britain’s diverse and vibrant community of wild…

Calling all British tourists – Ukraine needs you!

23 May 2015 9:00 am

 Kiev ‘What the hell’s going to happen to your poor country?’ I ask the man in the flea market not…

Can the new Northern Powerhouse supremo make Leeds and Manchester work together?

23 May 2015 9:00 am

A doff of my flat cap to Jim O’Neill, the former Goldman Sachs economist who has been made a peer,…

Can the new Northern Powerhouse supremo make Leeds and Manchester work together?

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

A doff of my flat cap to Jim O’Neill, the former Goldman Sachs economist who has been made a peer,…

Calling all British tourists – Ukraine needs you!

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

 Kiev ‘What the hell’s going to happen to your poor country?’ I ask the man in the flea market not…

A small majority means big challenges

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/michaelgovesfightforjustice/media.mp3 In ancient Rome, when a general rode in triumph through the city, a slave would stand behind him…