The Week
The new Secretary for War
From ‘The military situation’, The Spectator, 29 July 1916: We have a new Secretary for War. Mr Lloyd George, as we all…
Letters
Better Europeans Sir: There are many reasons why a majority of people in the UK voted to leave the European…
Portrait of the week
Home The collapse of BHS after Sir Philip Green had extracted large sums and left the business on ‘life support’,…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May made a speech in the open air in Downing Street after kissing hands with the Queen as…
Diary
These days, you only need to turn your back for five minutes and you’ve missed another horror. The Turkish coup…
Barometer
How Britannia got her trident Parliament voted to renew Trident as Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent. But what about Britannia and…
Sophocles vs the luvvie Remainers
Is the Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith, who longs to reverse the obviously undemocratic outcome of the recent referendum, aware…
Over the top
From ‘The Battle of the Somme’, The Spectator, 22 July 1916: What we seldom hear about is what Milton called the ‘raw…
Letters
Our terrified youth Sir: Both Claire Fox’s ‘Generation Snowflake’ and Mary Wakefield’s recent column (What’s to blame for a generation’s…
Australian letters
Dumb ox Sir: I am surprised that Noreen from Queensland would expect to find balanced opinion in the pages of…
Theresa’s first mistake
Helga Hunter met her husband Michael when he was a Scots Guardsman serving in Münster in 1968. She moved back…
Theresa’s first mistake
This week’s lead article, as read by Lara Prendergast Helga Hunter met her husband Michael when he was a Scots…
Sophocles vs the luvvie Remainers
Is the Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith, who longs to reverse the obviously undemocratic outcome of the recent referendum, aware…
Barometer
How Britannia got her trident Parliament voted to renew Trident as Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent. But what about Britannia and…
Diary
These days, you only need to turn your back for five minutes and you’ve missed another horror. The Turkish coup…
Over the top
From ‘The Battle of the Somme’, The Spectator, 22 July 1916: What we seldom hear about is what Milton called the ‘raw…
Letters
Our terrified youth Sir: Both Claire Fox’s ‘Generation Snowflake’ and Mary Wakefield’s recent column (What’s to blame for a generation’s…
Australian letters
Dumb ox Sir: I am surprised that Noreen from Queensland would expect to find balanced opinion in the pages of…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May made a speech in the open air in Downing Street after kissing hands with the Queen as…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May became Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party when Andrea Leadsom withdrew her candidacy for election…
Diary
I first met a boyish, sunny Tony Blair more than 20 years ago. Our encounters have always been slightly tense…
Barometer
Nuggets on May Some trivia about Theresa May — At 59, she is the oldest new prime minister since Jim…
Themistocles vs Tony Blair
Tony Blair has excused himself for the Iraq war by saying that he did what he believed was right. But…
Never again
From ‘Terms of peace’, The Spectator, 15 July 1916: As the man in the street might say, ‘The Allies are not…
Australian letters
True measure Sir: I prefer Peter Costello’s view of conservatism to that of Michael Davis (Conservative Notes 18 June), that…
