World
Museums like the V&A shouldn’t be allowed to return ‘looted’ treasures
Henry Cole, the first director of what would become the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), could never have imagined that…
Emmanuel Macron would love to be King
When Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito visited Windsor Castle in the early years of the 21st century, the Queen Mother gave…
The last bullfighters
In May of last year, at the Saturday corrida of the Feria de Pentecôte in Nîmes – “no hay billetes”…
Has Trump given up on tariff deadlines?
“TARIFFS WILL START BEING PAID ON AUGUST 1, 2025,” Donald Trump shared on Truth Social this morning. “There will be…
Superman takes on the media
Before Superman has to fight with kaiju, robots, metahumans and whatever other nonsense Lex Luthor throws at him, he first…
Is this the end of the Jeffrey Epstein case?
The death of the financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein at Manhattan’s notorious Metropolitan Correction Center has been ruled to be…
Remembering Jonathan Miller
The long-time Spectator contributor Jonathan Miller has died. James Tidmarsh remembers him here: Jonathan Miller liked to say that Emmanuel…
Will anyone be held to account for the Post Office scandal?
More than 13 people may have taken their own lives as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.…
Labour owes it to special needs children to reform SEND
They say that history repeats itself, but the Labour party won’t be expecting it to happen quite so quickly. Last…
Why aren’t the stock markets spooked by Trump’s new tariffs?
As President Trump unveiled his latest round of tariffs last night, investors barely paid any attention. The stock markets barely…
Reform MP to sit as an independent
Oh dear. It appears that after the Sunday Times story last weekend, there is no way back for James McMurdock.…
Can Starmer convince the French to finally sign a migrant deal?
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, hits town today. It’s Macron’s first state visit to the UK and the first by…
Wales is looking ripe for a Reform surge
There are two pieces of news out this morning which offer a fillip to Reform’s hopes of topping the Cardiff…
Why Putin’s elites keep dying
Although I suspect few readers’ hearts will bleed for them, it’s been a bad week for Russian elites. There has…
How The Salt Path bewitched a nation
Like millions of others, I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Salt Path, an account of how a penniless and homeless middle-aged couple…
Japan is running out of time to save itself from Trump’s tariffs
‘This is a serious situation for Japan’. That was the verdict of the business editor on NHK’s morning news programme…
Norman Tebbit was a proper politician
Norman Tebbit, who has died at the age of 94, was one of the dominant political figures of my youth.…
Britain is heading for economic catastrophe
Britain is in trouble. That’s the judgement of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) in their ‘fiscal risks and sustainability’…
There’ll never be another Norman Tebbit
The death of Norman Tebbit at the great age of 94 marks a real ending of an era. They simply…
Norman Tebbit: Thatcherite icon
Norman Tebbit, the longtime keeper of the Thatcherite flame, has died at the age of 94. His career in public…
Elon Musk’s America party could hurt Republicans
Elon Musk has set up a third party and pledged to contest next year’s midterms. But to find a third…
The Dubai influencer craze can’t end quick enough
Marcus Fakana, a British 18 year old, has been in prison in the United Arab Emirates since December. His crime?…
Is Labour prepared to alienate SEND parents?
Welcome to the Isle of Sheppey, a stretch of pebbled beaches and caravan parks that regularly stars in the ONS’s…
Organised crime has conquered Britain’s prisons
Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, has published his first annual report since Labour took office. It will make…
Europe must prepare to support Ukraine without America
It is unquestionably the case that people who should have known better were blinded by the Capri-Sun King’s glare when…
