The Week
Cleisthenes and the EU
One feels that Sir Stuart Rose, leader of the EU referendum ‘In’ campaign, should really try a little harder. First…
Barometer
Matters of life and death Lord Lucan is now officially presumed dead. How do you have someone declared dead? In…
Diary
While browsing in Barter Books, the wonderful secondhand bookshop in Alnwick that is fast becoming a national institution, I came…
France in ruins
From ‘Marching through France’, The Spectator, 12 February 1916: Finally we came to the trenches themselves, and all around was…
Australian letters
Promoting Kevin Sir: I agree with Neil Brown that Kevin Rudd’s narcissism, activity without achievement etc. make him the perfect…
Letters
What’s best for Europe? Sir: It seems that the British negotiations in Europe have produced little, and even at this…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that if Britain left the European Union, France could stop allowing British officials…
Cameron’s “deal” has backfired – badly. So what will he do now?
Throughout his negotiations with the European Union, David Cameron was fatally undermined by his own lack of resolve. He was…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, made a speech in Wiltshire about a letter from Donald Tusk, the president of…
Diary
There was a cloud over the ‘Oldie of the Year’ awards luncheon this week, which was the death only a…
Barometer
Ballots drawn Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tossed a coin to decide which of them was the winner in some…
In defence of discrimination
David Cameron has accused universities of being xenophobic, racist and prejudiced against the poor. He is too much of a…
What to do with Syria?
From ‘The future of Syria’, The Spectator, 5 February 1916: We say with all the emphasis at our command, and…
Australian letters
Madness Sir: I always enjoy The Spectator book reviews. The review by Terry Barnes on Jeremy Sammut’s excellent book The…
Cameron’s “deal” has backfired – badly. So what will he do now?
Throughout his negotiations with the European Union, David Cameron was fatally undermined by his own lack of resolve. He was…
In defence of discrimination
David Cameron has accused universities of being xenophobic, racist and prejudiced against the poor. He is too much of a…
Barometer
Ballots drawn Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tossed a coin to decide which of them was the winner in some…
Diary
There was a cloud over the ‘Oldie of the Year’ awards luncheon this week, which was the death only a…
What to do with Syria?
From ‘The future of Syria’, The Spectator, 5 February 1916: We say with all the emphasis at our command, and…
Australian letters
Madness Sir: I always enjoy The Spectator book reviews. The review by Terry Barnes on Jeremy Sammut’s excellent book The…
Letters
Leave those kids alone Sir: Melanie Phillips was right to raise serious concerns about the emerging practice of challenging children…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, made a speech in Wiltshire about a letter from Donald Tusk, the president of…
‘In’ trouble
David Cameron wants to get the European Union referendum over with quickly — and understandably so. Things are still going…
Portrait of the week
Home Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, prepared a paper on the four areas of concern between Britain…
Diary
For years, I’ve wondered why so many clever people go to Davos to discuss topics as meaningless as ‘the new…
