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Mob rules
Would-be leaders of the left are harnessing the mood of angry populism
Hillary’s left turn
If you want to be the Democratic nominee, it’s populism or bust
Scotland’s new national faith
The great SNP revival, and why it’s impervious to reason
Easy virtue
Why do the right thing when you can simply say the right thing?
Fat chance
Why I am not dieting. Ever
‘Paint goes on living’
Maggi Hambling on Rembrandt, Twombly and the power of art
Jews against Miliband
Labour’s leader would be the first Jewish prime minister since Disraeli – so how has he alienated so many Jewish voters?
Møn
The sky over the island of Møn, which is at the bottom right of Denmark, was cobalt and the whitewashed…
Møn
The sky over the island of Møn, which is at the bottom right of Denmark, was cobalt and the whitewashed…
Ed dawn
He could still win. Here’s what happens if he does
The Miliband agenda
There will be tax rises to suit every taste. But the people he’s expecting to pay will probably just leave
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
