The Week
Trading places
After any other US election it would cause little comment that the new president had chosen the British Prime Minister…
An emperor’s inauguration
Given that Donald Trump is not the most popular president the USA has ever seen, even among his own party,…
Barometer
Starting cold Why is US Presidential Inauguration Day always on 20 January? — The date was moved from 4 March…
Diary
Donald Trump was gushing about one European leader in his Times interview this week. But it was the wrong one.…
Who commands the sea?
From ‘Raiders, submarines and some naval problems’, The Spectator, 20 January 1917: At the moment the enemy’s fleet is compelled to…
Australian letters
Rubbish in, rubbish out These are days of momentous, world-shaking, events. But none can match the global impact of the…
Portrait of the week
Home Britain will leave the single market on leaving the European Union, Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said in a…
The right way to do Brexit: positive – but tough
From the start of the European Union referendum campaign, competing visions of Brexit have been advocated. To Nigel Farage, the…
Letters
Particle of faith Sir: Fraser Nelson draws our attention to the most worrying aspect of economists getting it wrong, which…
Doing Brexit right
From the start of the European Union referendum campaign, competing visions of Brexit have been advocated. To Nigel Farage, the…
An emperor’s inauguration
Given that Donald Trump is not the most popular president the USA has ever seen, even among his own party,…
Barometer
Starting cold Why is US Presidential Inauguration Day always on 20 January? — The date was moved from 4 March…
Diary
Donald Trump was gushing about one European leader in his Times interview this week. But it was the wrong one.…
Who commands the sea?
From ‘Raiders, submarines and some naval problems’, The Spectator, 20 January 1917: At the moment the enemy’s fleet is compelled to…
Australian letters
Rubbish in, rubbish out These are days of momentous, world-shaking, events. But none can match the global impact of the…
Letters
Particle of faith Sir: Fraser Nelson draws our attention to the most worrying aspect of economists getting it wrong, which…
Portrait of the week
Home Britain will leave the single market on leaving the European Union, Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said in a…
Doing Brexit right
From the start of the European Union referendum campaign, competing visions of Brexit have been advocated. To Nigel Farage, the…
Barometer
Black background A Morris dancing troupe with blacked-up faces had to abandon its performance in a Birmingham shopping centre after…
Diary
In December I was in a group of writers on a British Council visit to Moscow, where the UK was…
Bonds of friendship
From ‘The Rome conference and bonds of alliance’, The Spectator, 13 January 1917: There may be the greatest possible good,…
Letters
Defund Palestinians Sir: Former prime minister Tony Abbott is clearly on the money when he argues that the Australian taxpayer…
Portrait of the week
Home Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour party, proposed a limit on incomes: ‘I would like to see some kind…
No, he didn’t
The irony of Barack Obama’s presidency is that while it began at a time when it seemed America’s fortunes could……
Letters
Freudian slap Sir: In his Notes (7 January), Charles Moore explores the uncharacteristic reaction of Matthew Parris to the referendum…
