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Boris Johnson: Yes, I'd debate Cameron. I'd be a wimp if I didn't
The former mayor of London makes his case for Brexit
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
Only one man can heal Donald Trump’s rift with the neocons
His choice of running mate could heal the rift with the neocons
The internet’s war on free speech
The web was meant to empower us all. Right now, it’s empowering censors
British universities are whipping up a mad boom that’s bound to go bust
British higher education is in a boom that’s bound to go bust
Confess your guilty displeasures
It is now entirely cool to adore the uncool. But what about the things we can’t admit to not enjoying?
The slow (and ignominious) death of the British funeral
I mourn for the traditional ceremony
Is bullfighting on its last gasp?
Looking at the programme for the feria of San Isidro in Madrid this month (bullfights are being held on 31…
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
Bullfighting
Looking at the programme for the feria of San Isidro in Madrid this month (bullfights are being held on 31…
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
How Recep Erdogan became the most powerful man in Europe
President Erdogan has the EU’s leaders exactly where he wants them
Cycling in Lycra is bad for the soul
Cycling in funny clothes is bad for the soul
What Labour needs now is a takeover by real left-wing radicals
The party needs real radicalism – it is in the hands of an ugly simulacrum
Zac Goldsmith’s London campaign was a toe-curling embarrassment
Zac Goldsmith’s London campaign was an embarrassment
Making friends with the axeman next door
What happened when I tried American neighbourliness in London
Let’s vote ‘in’ to renew the EU, says Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor
There is more to the idea of Europe than narrow economic considerations. The Remain side needs to say so
Beautiful, wilful, never dull: in praise of Clumber spaniels
For the first time in more than 30 years we have no Clumber spaniel. We have had five: Henry, Judith,…
It’s not just Donald Trump, the right is tearing itself apart everywhere
Conservatism is having a nervous breakdown
Cotton Belt Notebook
Clarksdale, Mississippi, where Highway 61 crosses 49 and Robert Johnson met the Devil, who taught him the secret of the…
‘Wanna come to Prince’s house?’
The untold story
Why the Spanish may be better off without a government
The Spanish seem to be doing better without one
Books aren’t medicine. They’re more powerful than that
If we claim books can heal, we must accept they can also harm
Ocean acidification: yet another wobbly pillar of climate alarmism
Another pillar of climate alarmism is looking distinctly wobbly
Algy Cluff on Margaret Thatcher, Robert Mugabe and Brexit
Former Spectator owner Algy Cluff on Margaret Thatcher, Robert Mugabe and Brexit
