The Week
Portrait of the week
Home In his Autumn Statement, Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, against an expectation of increased borrowing and slower…
Diary
Washington DC Washington has been, for the past two weeks, indescribably depressed. When I walked into the deli down the…
Letters
Prisons and the public Sir: Your leading article on the sorry state of our prisons (19 November) was very welcome.…
Just managing
From the moment she arrived in 10 Downing Street, Theresa May has been commendably clear about her economic priorities for…
Electoral ‘communities’
In the eyes of the bien-pensants, the election of Donald Trump and the vote on Brexit have brought democracy to…
Barometer
Bucks for Bucks Buckingham Palace is to be renovated at a cost of £369m, funded through an increase in the…
Diary
Washington DC Washington has been, for the past two weeks, indescribably depressed. When I walked into the deli down the…
War and votes for women
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 25 November 1916: We admit that before the war we should have placed, and…
Letters
Prisons and the public Sir: Your leading article on the sorry state of our prisons (19 November) was very welcome.…
Australian letters
Latham returns Sir: Wow; he’s back! And still giving it to the a…holes. A great column. Fantastic!Miles Hedge Kings Plains…
Portrait of the week
Home In his Autumn Statement, Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, against an expectation of increased borrowing and slower…
Thucydides on Donald Trump
‘America’s journey into the great unknown’, screamed a headline greeting Donald Trump’s election as next President of the United States.…
Barometer
Long divisions Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan for a border wall between the US and Mexico, but said parts might…
Jail break
One of the stated objectives of this week’s brief strike by prison officers was to publicise the dire conditions in…
Letters
Wisdom of crowds Sir: According to Matthew Parris (‘Can we trust the people?’ 12 November), I have become part of the…
Portrait of the week
Home Nigel Farage, the caretaker leader of Ukip, was photographed with a smiling Donald Trump as the two men held…
Diary
Nobody knows anything. William Goldman’s famous first law of the movie business — that no one can say before the…
Germany and the City
From ‘English versus German banking’, The Spectator, 18 November 1916: At the present moment a good many of us are in…
Jail break
One of the stated objectives of this week’s brief strike by prison officers was to publicise the dire conditions in…
Thucydides on Donald Trump
‘America’s journey into the great unknown’, screamed a headline greeting Donald Trump’s election as next President of the United States.…
Barometer
Long divisions Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan for a border wall between the US and Mexico, but said parts might…
Diary
Nobody knows anything. William Goldman’s famous first law of the movie business — that no one can say before the…
Germany and the City
From ‘English versus German banking’, The Spectator, 18 November 1916: At the present moment a good many of us are in…
Letters
Wisdom of crowds Sir: According to Matthew Parris (‘Can we trust the people?’ 12 November), I have become part of the…
Portrait of the week
Home Nigel Farage, the caretaker leader of Ukip, was photographed with a smiling Donald Trump as the two men held…
