The Week
Diary
Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…
These little islands
From ‘Engage the enemy more closely!’, The Spectator, 30 December 1916: Britain was never more vigorous than she is now:…
Letters
Unencumbered Sir: Matthew Parris’s bizarre reference (‘Unforgiven’, 10 December) to the UK economy as merely ‘medium-sized’ is a classic instance…
Portrait of the Week
Home The Queen was said by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg to have asked, at a private lunch before June’s referendum,…
Ovid’s post-truths
We are told we live in a ‘post-truth’ world. This appears to mean that everyone believes everything they are told…
Diary
Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…
These little islands
From ‘Engage the enemy more closely!’, The Spectator, 30 December 1916: Britain was never more vigorous than she is now:…
Keep the press free
It is said that the case for freedom of expression needs to be restated in every generation, but things move…
Letters
Unencumbered Sir: Matthew Parris’s bizarre reference (‘Unforgiven’, 10 December) to the UK economy as merely ‘medium-sized’ is a classic instance…
Portrait of the Week
Home The Queen was said by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg to have asked, at a private lunch before June’s referendum,…
Kudos
What is a ‘kudo’? According to the Taxpayers’ Alliance, it is a mark of honour, many of which should be…
Diary
Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
Australian letters
Gay progressives Sir: I am a great admirer of your magazine. It brings some balance into the political debate. I…
Letters
Taking precedent Sir: In his excellent piece on the Supreme Court Article 50 ruling (‘Brexit in the balance’, 3 December),…
Portrait of the year
January The cost of an annual season ticket from Cheltenham to London rose to £9,800. Oil fell below $30 a…
Faith in the trenches
From a letter published under the heading ‘The religion of the ordinary soldier’, The Spectator, 23 December 1916: During a discharge…
Power and the people
When The Spectator was founded 188 years ago, it became part of what would now be described as a populist…
Power and the people
When The Spectator was founded 188 years ago, it became part of what would now be described as a populist…
Kudos
What is a ‘kudo’? According to the Taxpayers’ Alliance, it is a mark of honour, many of which should be…
Faith in the trenches
From a letter published under the heading ‘The religion of the ordinary soldier’, The Spectator, 23 December 1916: During a discharge…
Letters
Taking precedent Sir: In his excellent piece on the Supreme Court Article 50 ruling (‘Brexit in the balance’, 3 December),…