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Let’s renew the EU
There is more to the idea of Europe than narrow economic considerations. The Remain side needs to say so
Clumber spaniels
For the first time in more than 30 years we have no Clumber spaniel. We have had five: Henry, Judith,…
A right mess
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…
Prince and me
The untold story
Who needs governments?
The Spanish seem to be doing better without one
When novels kill
If we claim books can heal, we must accept they can also harm
Acid trip
Another pillar of climate alarmism is looking distinctly wobbly
The unlikely oilman
Former Spectator owner Algy Cluff on Margaret Thatcher, Robert Mugabe and Brexit
Indoor gardening
A year or so ago, I inherited a cardboard box filled with plants. It was an offshoot from an enormous…
Indoor gardening
A year or so ago, I inherited a cardboard box filled with plants. It was an offshoot from an enormous…
Obama’s overreach
The US President is in no position to lecture the British about foreign policy
He speaks for America
Don’t fool yourself about the anti-Brexit consensus in the US – or the excellent reasons for it
How to save Conservatism
Iain Duncan Smith on the fallout from his shock resignation
A poem for Erdogan
Pen a foul verse in honour of the Turkish leader and be in the running for a £1,000 poetry prize!
The fairytale factory
Leicester City’s triumphs demonstrate once again sport’s capacity to replay archetypal stories
My wild place
What you can see from a tin house in the Australian rainforest
The game of the name
How Wolf and Skylar pushed out John and Mary
Stress point
It’s not work that’s killing us. It’s the irritation and confusion of modern office life
The delights of Hieronymus Bosch
If you hope to inspire an appreciation of Renaissance art in your children, look to Hieronymus Bosch. Ideally, your children…
The delights of Hieronymus Bosch
If you hope to inspire an appreciation of Renaissance art in your children, look to Hieronymus Bosch. Ideally, your children…
Sex, lies and tax returns
The confected scandal around the Panama papers is part of a concerted and sinister attempt to change what counts as private
Just join Germany
It’s the only part of the EU that’s really worth our while
The devil in footnote 351
What the Pope didn’t just say about divorce
The politician’s daughter
I was one – and that’s why I’m backing Caroline Cruz all the way
