The Week
Barometer
Naming terror David Cameron and the BBC argued over what to call the terror group most papers refer to as…
Diary
One strange consequence of my job as a foreign correspondent is discovering beautiful places when terrible things happen in them.…
Heroism at Gallipoli
From ‘Sir Ian Hamilton’s dispatch’, The Spectator, 3 July 1915: The Dardanelles affair is a war in itself — much more…
Portrait of the week
Home In his Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, slowed the planned rate of bringing in £12 billion…
Fracking Lancashire
That democracy is a superior form of government to any other goes without saying. But in order to function, it…
Portrait of the week
Home At least 30 British people were among 38 shot dead at a beach resort at Sousse in Tunisia by…
Diary
‘Hello. I’m lesbian threesome,’ the young lady tells Taki. ‘And I’m Mongolian rampage,’ says the young man beside her. We’re…
Barometer
Bank job Should we buy shares in companies which print banknotes in expectation of one getting to print millions of…
Solon vs Jean-Claude Juncker
The combination of terror and outrage with which Brussels has greeted Greek Prime Minister Tsipras’s referendum tells us everything we…
Secret weapons
From ‘Bogy-Mongering’, The Spectator, 3 July 1915: Of late there have been all sorts of dark hints and rumours as to…
Right of reply
Response to Michael Easson Sir: I have been afforded an opportunity to respond to the review of my book “The…
Fracking Lancashire
That democracy is a superior form of government to any other goes without saying. But in order to function, it…
Solon vs Jean-Claude Juncker
The combination of terror and outrage with which Brussels has greeted Greek Prime Minister Tsipras’s referendum tells us everything we…
Barometer
Bank job Should we buy shares in companies which print banknotes in expectation of one getting to print millions of…
Secret weapons
From ‘Bogy-Mongering’, The Spectator, 3 July 1915: Of late there have been all sorts of dark hints and rumours as to…
Portrait of the week
Home At least 30 British people were among 38 shot dead at a beach resort at Sousse in Tunisia by…
Diary
‘Hello. I’m lesbian threesome,’ the young lady tells Taki. ‘And I’m Mongolian rampage,’ says the young man beside her. We’re…
Laying down the law
A great test of political leadership is how well you deal with vested interests on your own side. In his…
Portrait of the week
Home Tens of thousands took part in a demonstration in London against austerity, and thousands more in other cities. Russell…
Diary
My husband says I only write books in order to have a launch party. Not so. I also write books…
Barometer
The spirit of 1945 No one would have been more surprised at the sight of 100,000 people marching in London…
Hesiod on Grexit anxiety
Why do Greeks want to keep the euro, or remain in the European Union? The combative, creative, competitive, mercantile classical…
The Russians are coming
From ‘The Inexpugnability of Russia’, The Spectator, 26 June 1915: At this moment, after nearly a year’s fighting, Russia is only…
Letters
Hidden Reids Sir: In his piece on Alan Reid Peter Coleman has asked if there are other hidden works on…
Laying down the law
A great test of political leadership is how well you deal with vested interests on your own side. In his…
