The Week
Australian letters
Gay progressives Sir: I am a great admirer of your magazine. It brings some balance into the political debate. I…
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…
Diary
Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
Brexit strategy
For months, now, a hunt has been on for the government’s Brexit strategy. Theresa May has quite rightly refused to…
Australian letters
Abnormal Sir: Just read Rod Liddle’s column ‘The new normal’ in a word ‘BULLSEYE’. Be careful with that spelling if…
Aristophanes on Trump
As self-important comics fantasise about unseating Donald Trump with their wit, they should remember the great Aristophanes. In 424 BC,…
Diary
It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…
Food on the home front
From ‘The food shortage and how to meet it’, The Spectator, 2 December 1916: A rise in prices, if properly understood…
Portrait of the week
Home Paul Nuttall, aged 39, was elected leader of the UK Independence Party. He said: ‘I want to replace the Labour…
Barometer
Autumn Budgets Philip Hammond announced that in future the Budget will be held in autumn rather than spring. This is…
Letters
Irrational EU Sir: James Forsyth’s otherwise excellent piece on Brexit talks (‘Britain’s winning hand’, 26 November) suffers from the flaw…
Brexit strategy
For months, now, a hunt has been on for the government’s Brexit strategy. Theresa May has quite rightly refused to…
Aristophanes on Trump
As self-important comics fantasise about unseating Donald Trump with their wit, they should remember the great Aristophanes. In 424 BC,…
Barometer
Autumn Budgets Philip Hammond announced that in future the Budget will be held in autumn rather than spring. This is…
Food on the home front
From ‘The food shortage and how to meet it’, The Spectator, 2 December 1916: A rise in prices, if properly understood…
Letters
Irrational EU Sir: James Forsyth’s otherwise excellent piece on Brexit talks (‘Britain’s winning hand’, 26 November) suffers from the flaw…
Australian letters
Abnormal Sir: Just read Rod Liddle’s column ‘The new normal’ in a word ‘BULLSEYE’. Be careful with that spelling if…
Portrait of the week
Home Paul Nuttall, aged 39, was elected leader of the UK Independence Party. He said: ‘I want to replace the Labour…
Diary
It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…
Electoral ‘communities’
In the eyes of the bien-pensants, the election of Donald Trump and the vote on Brexit have brought democracy to…
Barometer
Bucks for Bucks Buckingham Palace is to be renovated at a cost of £369m, funded through an increase in the…
War and votes for women
From ‘News of the Week’, The Spectator, 25 November 1916: We admit that before the war we should have placed, and…
Just managing
From the moment she arrived in 10 Downing Street, Theresa May has been commendably clear about her economic priorities for…
Australian letters
Latham returns Sir: Wow; he’s back! And still giving it to the a…holes. A great column. Fantastic!Miles Hedge Kings Plains…
Portrait of the week
Home In his Autumn Statement, Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, against an expectation of increased borrowing and slower…
