The Week

Borderline sanity

24 September 2016 9:00 am

Only now does Angela Merkel concede that her admitting a million refugees last year was a mistake. It was obvious…

Australian letters

24 September 2016 9:00 am

Beyond reason Sir: As an avowed atheist Matthew Parris asks an eloquent and critical question in regard to the achievement…

Borderline sanity

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Only now does Angela Merkel concede that her admitting a million refugees last year was a mistake. It was obvious…

Pericles vs Juncker

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

The hopelessness of the EU is well demonstrated by the current rhetoric issuing from its inner chambers: that Britain must…

Barometer

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Underbooked David Cameron is said to be struggling to get a good price for his memoirs, with talk of a…

Diary

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

‘Are you here to seek political asylum?’ asked a clever young student after my lecture at the National University of…

Turning the tide

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

From ‘The Battle of the Somme’, The Spectator, 23 September 1916: It may prove to be the fact that the battle…

Letters

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Remote control Sir: Rachel Wolf argues that in education policy ‘the trend, from Kenneth Baker onwards, has been towards giving…

Australian letters

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Beyond reason Sir: As an avowed atheist Matthew Parris asks an eloquent and critical question in regard to the achievement…

Portrait of the week

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Home Theresa May was ‘quite likely’ to invoke Article 50 in January or February 2017, Donald Tusk, the president of…

Barometer

17 September 2016 9:00 am

French intelligence Some interesting facts about the French foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, for the benefit of shadow foreign secretary Emily…

In defence of Asquith

17 September 2016 9:00 am

From ‘Mr. Asquith’, The Spectator, 16 September, 1916: King George has no other subject who is trusted so widely by his…

Plato on grammar schools

17 September 2016 9:00 am

Theresa May wants to use grammar schools to create a meritocratic, ‘socially mobile’ society at a cost of £50 million.…

Letters

17 September 2016 9:00 am

What immigration debate? Sir: Henrik Jonsson says (Letters, 10 September) that Swedes ought to learn from the Brits how to maintain…

Portrait of the week

17 September 2016 9:00 am

Home Schools in England would have the right to select pupils by ability, under plans outlined by Theresa May, the…

Defending Dave’s legacy

17 September 2016 9:00 am

It is too early to tell what sort of Prime Minister Theresa May will turn out to be, but we…

Diary

17 September 2016 9:00 am

The borderline between fact and fiction becomes ever hazier, I find. Last February, Daisy Goodwin — the author of the…

Defending Dave’s legacy

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

It is too early to tell what sort of Prime Minister Theresa May will turn out to be, but we…

Plato on grammar schools

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

Theresa May wants to use grammar schools to create a meritocratic, ‘socially mobile’ society at a cost of £50 million.…

Barometer

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

French intelligence Some interesting facts about the French foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, for the benefit of shadow foreign secretary Emily…

Diary

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

The borderline between fact and fiction becomes ever hazier, I find. Last February, Daisy Goodwin — the author of the…

In defence of Asquith

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

From ‘Mr. Asquith’, The Spectator, 16 September, 1916: King George has no other subject who is trusted so widely by his…

Letters

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

What immigration debate? Sir: Henrik Jonsson says (Letters, 10 September) that Swedes ought to learn from the Brits how to maintain…

Portrait of the week

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

Home Schools in England would have the right to select pupils by ability, under plans outlined by Theresa May, the…

Portrait of the Week

10 September 2016 9:00 am

Home David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, made his first statement to the Commons and…