The Week
London theatre needs Kevin Spacey
Lee Anderson, deputy chairman of the Conservative party, popped a few monocles by saying asylum seekers reluctant to stay on…
The government can’t be trusted with our data
This week Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies confessed that, replying to a freedom of information request, they had managed to release…
Why do the Tories force asylum seekers to live on welfare?
Over decades of service as a floating hotel, the Bibby Stockholm has accommodated all manner of people. It has housed…
Why on earth did The Spectator support Brexit?
The temperature has hit 40°C in Crete, where I am writing this, and although there have been no fires, nothing…
Is the rest of the world still working from home?
Scout’s honour Thousands of teenagers were evacuated from the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea as flooding, a heatwave and…
Trump’s indictment and the trouble with the law
The latest charges against Donald Trump will do nothing to deter his many supporters within the Republican party. On the…
My run-in with Nigel Farage
To think I once thought cricket dull. For more than 40 days and 40 nights, I have been gripped by…
NatWest’s attack on Nigel Farage was a political hitjob
The Coutts scandal can be traced back to the day, two years ago, when the bank proudly announced that it…
I sledged Steve Smith for England
In this summer of sporting dramas, every patriotic sports fan likes to think he’s done his bit to help. I…
Coutts must be held to account over Nigel Farage
When Nigel Farage said Coutts had closed his bank account and claimed political victimisation, many thought he was making it…
Portrait of the week
Home Ben Wallace said he would cease to be the Defence Secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle and would not…
