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Oxford’s Oriental name change is a mistake
Oxford’s Faculty of Oriental Studies has had a name change: it will now be known as the Faculty of Asian and…
How should the West respond to Putin’s nuclear threats?
Can this really be happening? Sadly, the answer is yes. President Putin has just reiterated his threat to use nuclear…
Joe Biden’s words don’t matter anymore
Do the president’s words matter or not? This should be a very simple question, yet as we’ve seen with Joe…
Even Putin knows he is losing
Vladimir Putin’s latest escalation over Ukraine not only demonstrates that even he doesn’t think he’s winning the war but what…
How seriously should we take Putin’s nuclear threat?
Vladimir Putin has announced the partial mobilisation of the Russian armed forces. In a pre-recorded address delayed from last night,…
Putin calls up 300,000 reservists
While most attention has focused on Vladimir Putin’s repetition of nuclear threats in his speech this morning, the takeaway in…
The Queen’s funeral and Russia’s post-modern propaganda state
Modern Russia is a propaganda state, but not in the same way as the Soviet Union. The Kremlin has squeezed…
What’s behind Putin’s no-show?
Has Vladimir Putin carried out a cynical stunt, or ducked out of a seismic decision? That’s the debate among Kremlinologists…
Don’t blame the Queen for the British Empire
If a country’s greatness can be measured by its enemies, Britain can set fears of national decline aside: we’re still…
Marine Le Pen wants France to become the next Sweden
While Emmanuel Macron spent Sunday in London honouring the memory of the late Queen Elizabeth, Marine Le Pen marked her…
Why does this university want to bin Queen Victoria?
Spare a thought for New Zealand’s Victoria university. For years now, this Kiwi institution of higher learning has been pulling…
Why ordinary people cannot enter the arts world
Recent sad events have seen everybody behaving exactly as you would expect. There’s nothing wrong about that. A certain continuity…
Was Sleepy Joe late for the Queen’s funeral?
Steerpike was awed by the Queen’s funeral yesterday. Flowers lined the streets of London and Windsor, foreign dignitaries flew in…
America’s touching tributes to the Queen (1901)
The United States hasn’t always reacted rather snidely to the death of the British monarch. Below is The Spectator’s lead…
The Queen’s funeral was a fitting send off for Elizabeth the Great
In the Christian tradition, which allows for a protracted gap between death and burial, there is often time for initial…
Watch: Aussie broadcasters fail to recognise Liz Truss
Poor Liz Truss. While Boris Johnson is recognised the world over thanks to his famous ruffled hair, Britain’s new Prime Minister…
In praise of France’s tributes to the Queen
The death of Elizabeth II has reacquainted Britain with all the cherished irrationalities that make us who we are. Hereditary…
Joe Biden’s Taiwan muddle has become untenable
Under Joe Biden, the longstanding American policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ vis-à-vis Taiwan has taken on a curious post-modern quality. The…
Why I queued to see the Queen
I went there with Rachel my best friend from childhood. We both wore black. Even our trainers were black. We…
Ukrainian nuclear power plant shelled by Russia
If Putin is losing the ground war in Ukraine and running out of troops, what other options does he have?…
The complete guide to the Queen’s funeral
Today, the world says farewell to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. World leaders, including US president Joe Biden, French president…
What the Queen’s funeral tells us about Britain
State funerals say a lot about the country in which they take place – and one of the things in…
How The Spectator covered the deaths of previous British monarchs
To commemorate the 70-year and-214-day-long reign of Queen Elizabeth II, this week’s issue of The Spectator is the first ever…
The midlife crisis spread: why are the affluent so depressed?
‘You are here’, as those signs in windswept carparks unhelpfully point out. Yup. No mistaking it, you will tend to…
Why is violence breaking out in Leicester?
Just what is going on in Leicester? Last night violence broke out in the city after hundreds of young men…
