The Week
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, who was supposed to be on a walking holiday in Switzerland, wrote to Xi…
Australian letters
Appreciating cartoonists Sir: Brendan O’Neill’s essay on Bill Leak’s (in)famous cartoon reminded me how much we should appreciate our cartoonists.…
Diary
Throughout our holiday, reports from Rio rippled in — last thing at night, first thing in the morning — a…
Defending Brexit
One of the many incorrect predictions about this year’s referendum was that those who voted for Brexit would soon regret…
Above the law
Because no country can interfere in another’s legal system, there is little the UK can do to help the six…
Barometer
Four-letter surveys A judge at Chelmsford Crown Court who was sworn at by a man she was sentencing to jail…
Diary
Throughout our holiday, reports from Rio rippled in — last thing at night, first thing in the morning — a…
Iron birds
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 19 August 1916: The Parliamentary Air Committee having recently inhaled much ozone at…
Australian letters
Appreciating cartoonists Sir: Brendan O’Neill’s essay on Bill Leak’s (in)famous cartoon reminded me how much we should appreciate our cartoonists.…
Letters
Losing game Sir: Matt Ridley is completely right (‘Don’t grouse about grouse’, 13 August). I am lucky enough to live…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, who was supposed to be on a walking holiday in Switzerland, wrote to Xi…
Portrait of the week
Home The government floated the idea that individuals might receive payments in areas where fracking was approved, or where housing…
Diary
Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
Barometer
The end of an emperor — 82-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced that he wants to abdicate, partly, he…
Rome’s border policy
Whether the EU commission knows what is good for it or not — always a tricky call — post-Brexit Britain…
Holding on
From ‘Restless politicians’, The Spectator, 12 August 1916: Even those journals which a few months ago were most zealous for…
Letters
The hate is real Sir: It is clearly an exaggeration to call Britain a bigoted country (‘We are not a…
Australian letters
Costello for PM? Sir: John Stone’s prediction that Liberal MPs will soon revisit the cutlery draw and stab Turnbull in…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
Rome’s border policy
Whether the EU commission knows what is good for it or not — always a tricky call — post-Brexit Britain…
Barometer
The end of an emperor — 82-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan has announced that he wants to abdicate, partly, he…
Diary
Walking along the Brighton seafront, I was struck by posters advertising endless tribute acts; among them Suspiciously Elvis, the Small…
Holding on
From ‘Restless politicians’, The Spectator, 12 August 1916: Even those journals which a few months ago were most zealous for…
Letters
The hate is real Sir: It is clearly an exaggeration to call Britain a bigoted country (‘We are not a…
