The Week
Iron birds
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 19 August 1916: The Parliamentary Air Committee having recently inhaled much ozone at…
Australian letters
Appreciating cartoonists Sir: Brendan O’Neill’s essay on Bill Leak’s (in)famous cartoon reminded me how much we should appreciate our cartoonists.…
Letters
Losing game Sir: Matt Ridley is completely right (‘Don’t grouse about grouse’, 13 August). I am lucky enough to live…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, who was supposed to be on a walking holiday in Switzerland, wrote to Xi…
Portrait of the week
Home The government floated the idea that individuals might receive payments in areas where fracking was approved, or where housing…
Diary
Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
Barometer
The end of an emperor — 82-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced that he wants to abdicate, partly, he…
Rome’s border policy
Whether the EU commission knows what is good for it or not — always a tricky call — post-Brexit Britain…
Holding on
From ‘Restless politicians’, The Spectator, 12 August 1916: Even those journals which a few months ago were most zealous for…
Letters
The hate is real Sir: It is clearly an exaggeration to call Britain a bigoted country (‘We are not a…
Australian letters
Costello for PM? Sir: John Stone’s prediction that Liberal MPs will soon revisit the cutlery draw and stab Turnbull in…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
Rome’s border policy
Whether the EU commission knows what is good for it or not — always a tricky call — post-Brexit Britain…
Barometer
The end of an emperor — 82-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced that he wants to abdicate, partly, he…
Diary
Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
Holding on
From ‘Restless politicians’, The Spectator, 12 August 1916: Even those journals which a few months ago were most zealous for…
Letters
The hate is real Sir: It is clearly an exaggeration to call Britain a bigoted country (‘We are not a…
Australian letters
Costello for PM? Sir: John Stone’s prediction that Liberal MPs will soon revisit the cutlery draw and stab Turnbull in…
Portrait of the week
Home The government floated the idea that individuals might receive payments in areas where fracking was approved, or where housing…
Barometer
Knight falls There were calls for Sir Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood. Who is stripped of such…
How Olympia beat the cheats
What to do about today’s Olympic drug cheats? Since ancient Greeks did not do chemistry, drugs were not a problem.…
Entrenched wisdom
From ‘Armour of offence’, The Spectator, 5 August 1916: The soldier must never forget that it is his business to…
Letters
Remain calm Sir: I am sorry that the redoubtable Martha Lane Fox is still angry at the exaggerations made by…
Portrait of the week
Home The Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that four Syrian refugees living in Calais’ jungle camp could come to…
