The Week
Barometer
Tenement Scots John Cleese referred to the editor of this magazine as a ‘tenement Scot’. Do more Scots live in…
Diary
Any day now, the government will make its long delayed announcement on whether a third runway should be built at…
Conscription in Ireland
From ‘More men’, The Spectator, 7 October 1916: Are we or are we not to apply compulsory service to Ireland? The…
Letters
Studying grammars Sir: Isabel Hardman (Politics, 1 October) states that no reputable research backs up the belief that grammar schools…
Australian letters
Pollies pryorities Sir: If only’ the changes to the upper houses of Parliament recommended by Noreen Pryor could be enacted,…
Portrait of the Week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said at the Conservative party conference that hers was now the party of ‘working-class’…
Portrait of the week
Home Sir Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, said that Britain would oppose attempts to create an EU army, as it…
Diary
Monday night’s US presidential debate should convince a majority of American voters that Hillary Clinton is their only credible choice…
Barometer
Lynch lore John McDonnell refused to apologise for a 2014 interview in which he called for former employment minister Esther…
Let the right ones in
As the UK prepares for Brexit into the big wide world outside, it has been pointed out that the Foreign…
Serpent of mud
From ‘The fall of Combles and Thiepval’, The Spectator, 30 September 1916: The trench — ugly, dirty, dull, untidy serpent…
Deadly silence
There was a time when the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo would have featured strongly in political debate in Britain. Just…
Australian letters
Slow boats Sir: I hope Rod Liddle seeks therapy vis-a-vis that terrifying penis that haunts him (‘Haunted by an honourable…
Deadly silence
There was a time when the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo would have featured strongly in political debate in Britain. Just…
Let the right ones in
As the UK prepares for Brexit into the big wide world outside, it has been pointed out that the Foreign…
Barometer
Lynch lore John McDonnell refused to apologise for a 2014 interview in which he called for former employment minister Esther…
Diary
Monday night’s US presidential debate should convince a majority of American voters that Hillary Clinton is their only credible choice…
Serpent of mud
From ‘The fall of Combles and Thiepval’, The Spectator, 30 September 1916: The trench — ugly, dirty, dull, untidy serpent…
Australian letters
Slow boats Sir: I hope Rod Liddle seeks therapy vis-a-vis that terrifying penis that haunts him (‘Haunted by an honourable…
Letters
Ground zero Sir: James Forsyth looks for hope for moderates within the Labour party and finds none (‘The party’s over’,…
Portrait of the week
Home Sir Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, said that Britain would oppose attempts to create an EU army, as it…
Pericles vs Juncker
The hopelessness of the EU is well demonstrated by the current rhetoric issuing from its inner chambers: that Britain must…
Turning the tide
From ‘The Battle of the Somme’, The Spectator, 23 September 1916: It may prove to be the fact that the battle…
Barometer
Underbooked David Cameron is said to be struggling to get a good price for his memoirs, with talk of a…
Diary
Are you here to seek political asylum?’ asked a clever young student after my lecture at the National University of…
