The Week
Letters
Unencumbered Sir: Matthew Parris’s bizarre reference (‘Unforgiven’, 10 December) to the UK economy as merely ‘medium-sized’ is a classic instance…
Portrait of the Week
Home The Queen was said by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg to have asked, at a private lunch before June’s referendum,…
Ovid’s post-truths
We are told we live in a ‘post-truth’ world. This appears to mean that everyone believes everything they are told…
Barometer
Supremely exciting The nation awaits with bated breath the decision of the Supreme Court on whether the government can exercise…
Diary
Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…
These little islands
From ‘Engage the enemy more closely!’, The Spectator, 30 December 1916: Britain was never more vigorous than she is now:…
Keep the press free
It is said that the case for freedom of expression needs to be restated in every generation, but things move…
Letters
Unencumbered Sir: Matthew Parris’s bizarre reference (‘Unforgiven’, 10 December) to the UK economy as merely ‘medium-sized’ is a classic instance…
Portrait of the Week
Home The Queen was said by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg to have asked, at a private lunch before June’s referendum,…
Kudos
What is a ‘kudo’? According to the Taxpayers’ Alliance, it is a mark of honour, many of which should be…
Barometer
Forgotten anniversaries 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution. Other anniversaries:50 years Radio 1; first North Sea gas…
Diary
Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
Australian letters
Gay progressives Sir: I am a great admirer of your magazine. It brings some balance into the political debate. I…
Letters
Taking precedent Sir: In his excellent piece on the Supreme Court Article 50 ruling (‘Brexit in the balance’, 3 December),…
Portrait of the year
January The cost of an annual season ticket from Cheltenham to London rose to £9,800. Oil fell below $30 a…
Faith in the trenches
From a letter published under the heading ‘The religion of the ordinary soldier’, The Spectator, 23 December 1916: During a discharge…
Power and the people
When The Spectator was founded 188 years ago, it became part of what would now be described as a populist…
Power and the people
When The Spectator was founded 188 years ago, it became part of what would now be described as a populist…
Kudos
What is a ‘kudo’? According to the Taxpayers’ Alliance, it is a mark of honour, many of which should be…
Barometer
Forgotten anniversaries 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution. Other anniversaries:50 years Radio 1; first North Sea gas…
Faith in the trenches
From a letter published under the heading ‘The religion of the ordinary soldier’, The Spectator, 23 December 1916: During a discharge…
Letters
Taking precedent Sir: In his excellent piece on the Supreme Court Article 50 ruling (‘Brexit in the balance’, 3 December),…
Australian letters
Gay progressives Sir: I am a great admirer of your magazine. It brings some balance into the political debate. I…
Portrait of the year
January The cost of an annual season ticket from Cheltenham to London rose to £9,800. Oil fell below $30 a…
Diary
Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
