The Spectator’s Notes

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3 December 2016 9:00 am

It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…

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1 December 2016 3:00 pm

It seems perplexing that François Fillon, now the Republican candidate for the French presidency, should be a declared admirer of…

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26 November 2016 9:00 am

It is not self-evidently ridiculous that Nigel Farage should be the next British ambassador to the United States. The wishes…

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24 November 2016 3:00 pm

It is not self-evidently ridiculous that Nigel Farage should be the next British ambassador to the United States. The wishes…

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19 November 2016 9:00 am

On a day when much fuss was being made about ‘false news’ on the net, it was amusing to study…

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17 November 2016 3:00 pm

On a day when much fuss was being made about ‘false news’ on the net, it was amusing to study…

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5 November 2016 9:00 am

It is a great relief that there will be no inquiry into the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ in 1984. The weirdness…

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3 November 2016 3:00 pm

It is a great relief that there will be no inquiry into the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ in 1984. The weirdness…

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29 October 2016 9:00 am

World leaders are preoccupied nowadays with what is known as their ‘legacy’. In practice, this means being linked with moral-sounding…

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27 October 2016 2:00 pm

World leaders are preoccupied nowadays with what is known as their ‘legacy’. In practice, this means being linked with moral-sounding…

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22 October 2016 9:00 am

Vote Leave was the most successful electoral campaign in British history. Against the opposition of all three political parties, it…

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20 October 2016 2:00 pm

Vote Leave was the most successful electoral campaign in British history. Against the opposition of all three political parties, it…

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15 October 2016 9:00 am

Given all the outrageous things that Donald Trump has done and said already, why has he got into so much…

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13 October 2016 2:00 pm

Given all the outrageous things that Donald Trump has done and said already, why has he got into so much…

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8 October 2016 9:00 am

Birmingham Checking in to my hotel room on the 18th floor, for the Conservative party conference here, I opened the…

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6 October 2016 2:00 pm

 Birmingham Checking in to my hotel room on the 18th floor, for the Conservative party conference here, I opened the…

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1 October 2016 9:00 am

Mathias Döpfner, the extremely tall, extremely intelligent head of Axel Springer, is unusual in the generally conformist German business elite…

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29 September 2016 1:00 pm

Mathias Döpfner, the extremely tall, extremely intelligent head of Axel Springer, is unusual in the generally conformist German business elite…

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24 September 2016 9:00 am

When I read that Martin Roth, the director of the V&A, was resigning from his job because of Brexit, I…

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22 September 2016 1:00 pm

When I read that Martin Roth, the director of the V&A, was resigning from his job because of Brexit, I…

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20 August 2016 9:00 am

When you vote in Britain, there is a relaxed feeling in the polling stations. This is a long-established part of…

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18 August 2016 1:00 pm

When you vote in Britain, there is a relaxed feeling in the polling stations. This is a long-established part of…

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12 August 2016 11:00 pm

Those who want to revive grammar schools are accused of ‘bring backery’ — the unthinking idea that the past was…

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11 August 2016 1:00 pm

Those who want to revive grammar schools are accused of ‘bring backery’ — the unthinking idea that the past was…

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6 August 2016 9:00 am

The Daily Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that Michael Spencer, the chief executive of Icap, has been blocked for a peerage…