The Spectator’s Notes

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2 July 2015 1:00 pm

‘The Greek people,’ the Financial Times leading article said on Monday, ‘would be well advised to listen closely to the…

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27 June 2015 9:00 am

People write about ‘Grexit’ and ‘Brexit’ as if they were the same, but they need not be. Grexit is about…

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25 June 2015 1:00 pm

People write about ‘Grexit’ and ‘Brexit’ as if they were the same, but they need not be. Grexit is about…

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20 June 2015 9:00 am

It is natural to assume that, if a majority votes No in the referendum on Britain’s EU membership, we shall…

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18 June 2015 1:00 pm

It is natural to assume that, if a majority votes No in the referendum on Britain’s EU membership, we shall…

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13 June 2015 9:00 am

Two beautiful volumes in a cloth-bound case reach me. They are Speeches and Articles by HRH The Prince of Wales…

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11 June 2015 1:00 pm

Two beautiful volumes in a cloth-bound case reach me. They are Speeches and Articles by HRH The Prince of Wales…

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6 June 2015 9:00 am

We in the West all hate Sepp Blatter, so we pay too little attention to the manner in which the…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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21 May 2015 1:00 pm

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

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16 May 2015 9:00 am

David Cameron is taking a bit of trouble to unite his parliamentary party. Having built a coalition outside it last…

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14 May 2015 1:00 pm

David Cameron is taking a bit of trouble to unite his parliamentary party. Having built a coalition outside it last…

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13 December 2014 9:00 am

Pope Francis is favourably compared to Pope Benedict in the media. I hope it is not being slavishly papist to…

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11 December 2014 3:00 pm

Pope Francis is favourably compared to Pope Benedict in the media. I hope it is not being slavishly papist to…

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7 August 2014 1:00 pm

Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_07_August_2014_v4.mp3 At the impressive Westminster Abbey vigil to mark the centenary of the first world war on Monday night,…

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2 August 2014 9:00 am

This week’s issue is dated 2 August. On that date 100 years ago, my great-grandfather, Norman Moore (always known as…

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31 July 2014 1:00 pm

This week’s issue is dated 2 August. On that date 100 years ago, my great-grandfather, Norman Moore (always known as…

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26 July 2014 9:00 am

Peter Clarke’s powerful report on the Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham schools is confirmation of the weakness of David Cameron…

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24 July 2014 1:00 pm

Peter Clarke’s powerful report on the Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham schools is confirmation of the weakness of David Cameron…

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19 July 2014 9:00 am

This must be the worst reshuffle since Mrs Thatcher demoted Geoffrey Howe in 1989. Unlike that one, its errors are…

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17 July 2014 1:00 pm

Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_17_July_2014_v4.mp3 This must be the worst reshuffle since Mrs Thatcher demoted Geoffrey Howe in 1989. Unlike that one, its…