The Week
Portrait of the Week
Home John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, said he was ‘strongly opposed’ to an address being made…
Trump fever
Throughout John Bercow’s political career he has felt the need to atone for his student days when he was a…
Socrates on expertise
The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, raises his growth forecasts and suddenly everyone believes the ‘expert’. So…
Barometer
Match of the knights Emails emerged suggesting David Beckham would rather appreciate a knighthood. How many goals do you have…
Letters
No fear Sir: Why does Matthew Parris think I am ‘secretly terrified’ of having voted to leave the EU (‘Brexiteers…
Trump fever
Throughout John Bercow’s political career he has felt the need to atone for his student days when he was a…
Socrates on expertise
The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, raises his growth forecasts and suddenly everyone believes the ‘expert’. So…
Barometer
Match of the knights Emails emerged suggesting David Beckham would rather appreciate a knighthood. How many goals do you have…
Diary
February Fill-Dyke. But north Norfolk is dry, at least in terms of rain. Instead we have coastal flooding. Three years…
A special relationship
From ‘The United States and Britain’, The Spectator, 10 February 1917: It would be easy to write down a hundred…
Australian letters
Bankstown lefty Sir: Paul Keating’s political legacy was pretty good, but I have to scoff at his ‘world’s greatest treasurer’…
Letters
No fear Sir: Why does Matthew Parris think I am ‘secretly terrified’ of having voted to leave the EU (‘Brexiteers…
Portrait of the Week
Home John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, said he was ‘strongly opposed’ to an address being made…
Trump fever
Throughout John Bercow’s political career he has felt the need to atone for his student days when he was a…
Nero’s tips for Trump
A Washington Post interview with ‘senior officials’ in the Trump White House reveals that ‘Trump… feels demoralised that the public’s…
Barometer
Trump’s rivals More than 1.7m people signed a petition on Parliament’s website demanding that Donald Trump’s state visit be cancelled,…
Diary
‘A Bill to confer power on the prime minister to notify, under Article 50(2)…’. When it comes to the House…
Tax demand
From ‘Lenders and taxpayers’, The Spectator, 3 February 1917: As to the general financial soundness of the country there can be…
Australian letters
Hotspots Sir: No less than sixteen UN member nations formally ‘forbid Israeli passport holders to enter’. It is, I think,…
Letters
Going Dutch Sir: As a Dutch man who lives in Britain, I found it heartening to read two such different…
Portrait of the week
Trump news Theresa May, the Prime Minister, let it be known that she was ‘very happy’ about having extended an…
Victims of hysteria
This week, 49,000 gay men were granted posthumous pardons. Had Harold Macmillan’s government taken notice of this magazine in 1957…
Victims of hysteria
This week, 49,000 gay men were granted posthumous pardons. Had Harold Macmillan’s government taken notice of this magazine in 1957…
Nero’s tips for Trump
A Washington Post interview with ‘senior officials’ in the Trump White House reveals that ‘Trump… feels demoralised that the public’s…
Barometer
Trump’s rivals More than 1.7m people signed a petition on Parliament’s website demanding that Donald Trump’s state visit be cancelled,…
