The Week
Barometer
Knight falls There were calls for Sir Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood. Who is stripped of such…
Diary
I was born in 1958 and turned 58 in June, so for the next five months my age coincides with…
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…
Letters
Costume drama Sir: Could I remind Michael Buhagiar (23 July) that the great conflict in Jane Austen’s greatest novel is…
Portrait of the week
Home The Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that four Syrian refugees living in Calais’ jungle camp could come to…
Portrait of the week
Home The collapse of BHS after Sir Philip Green had extracted large sums and left the business on ‘life support’,…
Diary
When asked to write the Spectator diary, I diligently collated a list of topics to cover. But the problem is…
Barometer
Capitalist faces A report by the Business and Pensions select committees described Philip Green as the ‘unacceptable face of capitalism’.…
Corbyn’s shadow puppets
Wrapped in his fantasy world of a Labour party ruling the country in accordance with the diktats of those of…
The new Secretary for War
From ‘The military situation’, The Spectator, 29 July 1916: We have a new Secretary for War. Mr Lloyd George, as we all…
Letters
Better Europeans Sir: There are many reasons why a majority of people in the UK voted to leave the European…
Hope vs gloom
For all Gordon Brown’s economic mistakes, he at least tried to build confidence in the British economy. In the build-up…
Hope vs gloom
For all Gordon Brown’s economic mistakes, he at least tried to build confidence in the British economy. In the build-up…
Corbyn’s shadow puppets
Wrapped in his fantasy world of a Labour party ruling the country in accordance with the diktats of those of…
Barometer
Capitalist faces A report by the Business and Pensions select committees described Philip Green as the ‘unacceptable face of capitalism’.…
Diary
When asked to write the Spectator diary, I diligently collated a list of topics to cover. But the problem is…
The new Secretary for War
From ‘The military situation’, The Spectator, 29 July 1916: We have a new Secretary for War. Mr Lloyd George, as we all…
Letters
Better Europeans Sir: There are many reasons why a majority of people in the UK voted to leave the European…
Portrait of the week
Home The collapse of BHS after Sir Philip Green had extracted large sums and left the business on ‘life support’,…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May made a speech in the open air in Downing Street after kissing hands with the Queen as…
Diary
These days, you only need to turn your back for five minutes and you’ve missed another horror. The Turkish coup…
Barometer
How Britannia got her trident Parliament voted to renew Trident as Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent. But what about Britannia and…
Sophocles vs the luvvie Remainers
Is the Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith, who longs to reverse the obviously undemocratic outcome of the recent referendum, aware…
Over the top
From ‘The Battle of the Somme’, The Spectator, 22 July 1916: What we seldom hear about is what Milton called the ‘raw…
