The Week
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…
Letters
Prisons and the public Sir: Your leading article on the sorry state of our prisons (19 November) was very welcome.…
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…
Thucydides on Donald Trump
‘America’s journey into the great unknown’, screamed a headline greeting Donald Trump’s election as next President of the United States.…
Barometer
Long divisions Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan for a border wall between the US and Mexico, but said parts might…
Jail break
One of the stated objectives of this week’s brief strike by prison officers was to publicise the dire conditions in…
Letters
Wisdom of crowds Sir: According to Matthew Parris (‘Can we trust the people?’ 12 November), I have become part of the…
Portrait of the week
Home Nigel Farage, the caretaker leader of Ukip, was photographed with a smiling Donald Trump as the two men held…
Diary
Nobody knows anything. William Goldman’s famous first law of the movie business — that no one can say before the…
Germany and the City
From ‘English versus German banking’, The Spectator, 18 November 1916: At the present moment a good many of us are in…
Jail break
One of the stated objectives of this week’s brief strike by prison officers was to publicise the dire conditions in…
Thucydides on Donald Trump
‘America’s journey into the great unknown’, screamed a headline greeting Donald Trump’s election as next President of the United States.…
Barometer
Long divisions Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan for a border wall between the US and Mexico, but said parts might…
Diary
Nobody knows anything. William Goldman’s famous first law of the movie business — that no one can say before the…
Germany and the City
From ‘English versus German banking’, The Spectator, 18 November 1916: At the present moment a good many of us are in…
Letters
Wisdom of crowds Sir: According to Matthew Parris (‘Can we trust the people?’ 12 November), I have become part of the…
Portrait of the week
Home Nigel Farage, the caretaker leader of Ukip, was photographed with a smiling Donald Trump as the two men held…
Mob law
Frenzied outrage from Leavers and comical paeans of praise from Remainers greeted the High Court’s decision to instruct government that Parliament…
Conditions for surrender
From ‘How to Shorten the War. I. Prisoners’, The Spectator, 11 November 1916: Unless we altogether mistake the mental character of…
America’s retreat
Donald Trump predicted that his election would be ‘Brexit times ten’ — which, as far as the stockmarket reaction was…
Letters
A downbeat Brexiteer Sir: Alexander Chancellor (Long Life, 22 October) wondered why Brexiteers were not more upbeat about their victory.…
Diary
Seeing Trump win reminds me of a season of Dynasty in which my character, Alexis, ran for governor of Colorado…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said she still expected to start talks on leaving the EU as planned by…
America’s retreat
Donald Trump predicted that his election would be ‘Brexit times ten’ — which, as far as the stockmarket reaction was…
