Features
I won’t be Corbyn’s man in London . . .
Sadiq Khan is fighting the mayoral battle his way, but he’s still very much on the left
. . . and I won’t be Boris Mark II
Zac Goldsmith explains how he will sell himself to a city that’s now solidly Labour
Bye, George
Is Galloway’s luck finally running out?
Where’s the joy gone?
Britain seems to be suffering from a dearth of lightheartedness
From Celtic tiger to pussycat
A gentle spirit has survived Ireland’s many changes
How to spot a charity snake
Five questions that no one dared to ask Kids Company
Planet of the canapés
Let’s get rid of these ridiculous thimble-sized offerings
Benghazi notebook
In their interview in the Christmas edition of The Spectator, Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth asked the Prime Minister whether…
Pacific Islands: The wildest time
Robin Oakley on what to see in the Galapagos – if you can
France: #ToutsAuBistrot!
Julie Burchill hymns the joys of post-attack Paris
United Arab Emirates: Leaves in the desert
Who goes to the Sharjah International Book Fair? Sam Leith, for one
The pleasures of Puglia
If Italy is the elegant, over-the-knee boot plunged into the Mediterranean, then Puglia is the narrow peninsula that forms its…
United States: Deep South, full strength
Explore Mississippi and the Delta before they’re rebranded, says James Walton
Faroe Islands: A whale of a time
The Faroes are a wonderful place to visit, discovers Camilla Swift
Albania
Seferis’s line about his native Greece, ‘Our country is a closed in place, all mountains’, haunted my mind as I…
Albania
Seferis’s line about his native Greece, ‘Our country is a closed in place, all mountains’, haunted my mind as I…
Charles Moore vs David Hare: a one-act play
Charles Moore and David Hare sit in the editor’s office at The Spectator, Hare on a brown leather chesterfield,…
Faith is left, right. . . and central
An interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
Sex acts
Should actors be speaking for trans people?
The wings of winter
Our harsh December days are a temperate escape for some gorgeous birds
Cameron’s great escape
An interview with the Prime Minister
What’s wrong with Hillary
A Trump vs Clinton tussle for the US presidency is now likely. She can’t be that bad . . . can she?
What I got right
And what the Labour party is now getting wrong
Australian Notebook
Margaret River, Western Australia I’m here for a food festival, and to help along my autobiography. The Blonde had cashed…
‘All he did done perfectly’
In memory of my Irish hunter Tommy, who died last month
