Features
Fringe benefits
In praise of eccentric election candidates
The Catholic crack-up
It’s not just Vatican infighting any more. Pope Francis has a potential schism on his hands
Hell on wheels
The mobility scooter plague
The age of the Skype Dad
What happens when a divorce court accepts video calls as a substitute for visiting your children
Grand National Notebook
‘How’s your shoulder?’ someone asked recently, and it was only then I realised, for the first time in a while,…
The first Spectator cruise
It’s a complete recipe for disaster of course. By which I mean being trapped at sea with The Spectator’s ‘Low…
The first Spectator cruise
It’s a complete recipe for disaster of course. By which I mean being trapped at sea with The Spectator’s ‘Low…
In defence of Christianity
Churchgoers face a tidal wave of negativity in modern Britain
A Moment
There it is, the wren. Keep still. Breathe in. The tiny bird with stumpy tail has landed near the windowsill…
A quiet revolution
What I discovered on a silent retreat
‘The truth is hard’
Roger Scruton on why we’re losing the battle for western civilisation
Cuba Notebook
Sloppy Joe’s — which starred in the film of Graham Greene’s Our Man in Havana — was always likely to…
The man to take on Hillary
Washington DC Bored American reporters are pining for a Democratic primary challenger to step up against Hillary Clinton in…
Cross rail
Conversations with a ticket inspector on the Norwich train
Egypt
Egypt’s revolution of 2011 didn’t just get rid of President Mubarak: it did a pretty good job of clearing out…
A Moment
There it is, the wren. Keep still. Breathe in. The tiny bird with stumpy tail has landed near the windowsill…
Egypt
Egypt’s revolution of 2011 didn’t just get rid of President Mubarak: it did a pretty good job of clearing out…
A Moment
There it is, the wren. Keep still. Breathe in. The tiny bird with stumpy tail has landed near the windowsill…
Return to the rose garden
The Prime Minister could never admit it, but he’s dreaming of – and scheming for – another coalition
Salmond’s plan for Miliband
‘Would you like a glass of pink champagne?’ asks Alex Salmond at 3.30 p.m., sounding very much like a man…
A credit to the nation
Cameron was right about one thing: not sacking Lord Freud
The Wallström affair
Sweden’s feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia. What happens now concerns us all
The cult of ‘wellness’
Our desperation to believe in power of lifestyle change makes us vulnerable to charlatans
Cold heart of the home
Against sterile modern kitchens
‘You are always close to me’
Hitler’s adoring notes to Unity Mitford – and her family’s campaign to stop my book
