The Week
The nerves of the enemy
From ‘The progress in Flanders’, 29 September 1917: The fighting has reached a degree of intensity never before known. There…
It’s time to talk trade
Thirty years ago, the Conservatives would have had no problem countering what Jeremy Corbyn had to offer in Brighton. But…
Australian letters
More please Sir: What a great pleasure it was for me as a hybrid New Zealand / Australian to read…
Diary
I don’t know why party conferences no longer take place in Scarborough. As a child, I saw many an important…
Portrait of the week
Home Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, told the party conference that Labour was ‘on the threshold of power’. The party…
A fallen idol
Few world leaders have fallen from grace as quickly as Aung San Suu Kyi. The Nobel prize-winner, who also holds…
Letters
Christians betrayed Sir: Michael Karam’s article (Ya Allah!, 16 September) is timely. Many Westerners seem to be unaware that there…
Diary
Next month, the Today programme marks its 60th anniversary, so I have been mugging up on the archives. If there…
Portrait of the week
Home Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, issued a manifesto for a ‘glorious future’ for Britain outside the European Union as…
Australian letters
Spreading the word Sir: Yesterday, I left my copy of last week’s Speccie behind at the optometrist after an appointment.…
Red Tories
Jeremy Corbyn has never been very keen on parliamentary democracy. He may be changing his mind now. The British electoral…
Portrait of the week
Home The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill was given a second reading by 326 votes to 290, with seven Labour MPs…
Diary
I never expected to visit Iceland, let alone play cricket there. But the Iceland national team was off to play…
Diary
I never expected to visit Iceland, let alone play cricket there. But the Iceland national team was off to play…
Australian letters
Odious Sir: It is typical of the sloppy zealotry of your Australian edition, which is so at odds with the…
Diary
September is my time of year. Summer is all very well if you’re one of those golden-haired, long-limbed types who…
Keeping faith
For Church of England vicars who worry less about what they will preach on Sunday than whether there will be…
Barometer
More or less a million One in 79 Britons is now a millionaire thanks to property price rises. The word…
A matter of life and death
Before he died, the former Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, reassured his diocese that he was ‘at peace and…
Portrait of the week
Home On being asked if she meant to lead the Conservatives into the next election, due in 2022, Theresa May,…
Call Barnier’s bluff
There is a growing perception that Britain is floundering in its EU negotiations, with a professional team from Brussels running…
Australian letters
What’s the question? Sir: Will the wording of the postal plebiscite be set to harvest a ‘Yes’ vote to distort…
Diary
Boris Johnson is inspecting the guard of honour and we are doing our best not to giggle. The Foreign Secretary…
Hard lessons
George Tomlinson, the post-war education secretary, declared that politicians should leave exams to the teachers because ‘the minister knows nowt…
Letters
In defence of General Lee Sir: In your leader ‘America’s identity crisis’ (19 August) you state that ‘When General Lee…
