The Week
The Americans are coming
From ‘What will the United States do?’, The Spectator, 24 February 1917: It may be that the congestion of American…
Letters
Seeing off the Speaker Sir: If senior Tories in Buckingham had had their way, John Bercow’s career as Speaker could…
Portrait of the Week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, sat on the steps of the throne, as a privy counsellor, watching the Lords…
Lost boys
For a body supposedly committed to eliminating inequality between the sexes, the Women and Equalities Select Committee don’t exactly lead…
All the President’s yes-men
Donald Trump takes it as read that any criticism of his words or actions is an assault on the truth.…
Barometer
Big league Lincoln City became the first non-league club since Queens Park Rangers in 1914 to win a place in…
The Americans are coming
From ‘What will the United States do?’, The Spectator, 24 February 1917: It may be that the congestion of American…
Australian letters
A doctor writes Sir: Rowan Dean ( Editorial 18 February ) has obviously been mixing with the wrong doctors’ wives.…
Letters
Seeing off the Speaker Sir: If senior Tories in Buckingham had had their way, John Bercow’s career as Speaker could…
Portrait of the Week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, sat on the steps of the throne, as a privy counsellor, watching the Lords…
Diary
More than 20 years ago, I left my fast life in London for a rather more relaxed one in Brighton…
Diary
More than 20 years ago, I left my fast life in London for a rather more relaxed one in Brighton…
From Tacitus to Justin Welby
Many are still questioning the enthusiasm with which newspapers have implicated Archbishop Justin Welby, as a young man, in the…
Barometer
Special forces Cathedral constables at York Minister got back their powers of arrest, which they had held from the 13th…
Diary
I’m boning up on conversational Spanish for a trip to the Primera Persona festival in Barcelona with Alexei Sayle. We’re…
War and law
From ‘The confiscation of enemy property’, The Spectator, 17 February 1917: It is perfectly possible to remove German influences without…
Letters
Living room Sir: Sajid Javid is quoted as saying that the biggest constraint on building more houses is the ‘lack…
Portrait of the week
Home The Queen opened a new National Cyber Security Centre in London. Britain’s contribution to Nato has fallen below the…
Labour’s love lost
Just as it seems that Labour has reached the bottom of the abyss, Jeremy Corbyn and his party somehow manage…
Labour’s love lost
Just as it seems that Labour has reached the bottom of the abyss, Jeremy Corbyn and his party somehow manage…
From Tacitus to Justin Welby
Many are still questioning the enthusiasm with which newspapers have implicated Archbishop Justin Welby, as a young man, in the…
Barometer
Special forces Cathedral constables at York Minister got back their powers of arrest, which they had held from the 13th…
Diary
I’m boning up on conversational Spanish for a trip to the Primera Persona festival in Barcelona with Alexei Sayle. We’re…
War and law
From ‘The confiscation of enemy property’, The Spectator, 17 February 1917: It is perfectly possible to remove German influences without…
Letters
Living room Sir: Sajid Javid is quoted as saying that the biggest constraint on building more houses is the ‘lack…
