‘True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure – the greater the pressure, the deeper…

Snot catches some of the 50 million particles inhaled with every breath. These particles are one hundredth the size of…

From Biden down, our leaders are playing into the hands of the communists

How one of our most important allies is responding to Ukraine - and why

Temporary until it’s not

How the media covered up the Hunter Biden laptop story

SA election shows Morrison the path to victory

The socialists have done untold damage to New Zealand, sorry, Aotearoa

Unproven allegations are destroying lives

Sadly, our current PM is no Thatcher or Reagan (or Howard)

Thousands of lonely deaths in our disastrous and secretive response to the Wuhan virus

As ever, the Romans got there first. Their version of Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day was the feast of Juno…

China appears not to have defeated Covid after all

I write this from my Kyiv air raid shelter. It has become my second home, an improvised bedroom, study and…

The lessons of Chechnya

The Patriarch in league with Putin

The art of wartime cartoons

What Russians watch — and believe

Can Turkey’s President broker a peace deal?

The ‘chemsex’ drug devastating the gay community

Patriarch Kirill is Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus’ and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church; and one of his…

Don’t blame the banks? Sir: Kate Andrews struggles to disentangle the causes of the developing cost-of-living crisis (‘Cold truth’, 19…

Home Britain had provided Ukraine with more than 4,000 Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapons, the Ministry of Defence said. Shell…

Time for a change A bill before the US Senate would abolish daylight saving time. Some countries which have previously…

‘Why the hell did you hire a lorry without a spare tyre?’ asked Rizvana. Fair question. Luckily we had just…

Next month, Rishi Sunak will break a Tory manifesto pledge by increasing National Insurance as the tax burden heads to…

It is interesting to watch Ofcom finally remove the broadcasting licence from the Russian propaganda channel Russia Today (RT). I…

P & O once stood for ‘Peninsular and Oriental’, with pleasant connotations of sailings to Cadiz and Constantinople – but…

The state of Florida recently passed a piece of legislation making it illegal for teachers to hold discussions with pupils…

The Office for Budget Responsibility was designed to protect the Chancellor from accusations that he is cooking the books. If…

Zakhar Prilepin is a well-known novelist in Russia and an ultra-nationalist warrior in Donbas. Once a member of the National…

Because I once made the mistake of dabbling in Egyptology, some ‘friend’ will schwack me every other week with a…

A bully-boy leader. A corrupt, out-of-touch regime. A twisted reading of history. An unprovoked, military-led landgrab. A domestic disinformation blitz.…

When I was 14 my father took me to a bookmaker’s and encouraged me to place a bet. He wanted…

The war in Ukraine has turned a lot of people’s attention to oligarchs in the UK. How did these guys…

Thriller writers are hard pressed to stand out in what’s become a very crowded field. As a result, from Cardiff…

In the tight dark maze of alleys that wind between the Thames and St Paul’s the pleasures of the living…

Ferdinand Magellan’s fame was largely undeserved. Horatio Clare sees the explorer cut down to size

An American in Paris was always a stage musical waiting to happen even though it is immemorially associated with Gene…

BBC2’s one-off drama Then Barbara Met Alan(Monday) told the true story of how two disabled performers on the cabaret circuit…

Cock was written by Mike Bartlett in 2009 while he was in Mexico at a drama conference. The title suggests…

Lloyd Evans talks to Keith Allen about Max Bygraves, how he fell into acting and the sensitivities of contemporary audiences

Picture the artist’s studio: if what comes to mind is the romantic image of a male painter at his easel…

No question, the Royal Opera is on a roll. Just look at the cast list alone for Deborah Warner’s new…

Grade: A+ I was going to review hyperpop chanteuse Charli XCX’s album this week, but it was such boring, meretricious,…

‘I like to have a martini,/ Two at the very most./ After three I’m under the table,/ After four I’m…

The Worst Person in the World is a Norwegian film that has made a big splash. To date, its star…

Indulge yourself with a fascinating read of Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson’s 1911 recommendation for the protection of Australia’s coast. This…

Have you noticed the trend to refer to some Australians as ‘First Nations’ people? Those Australians were once called ‘Aboriginal’…

This Sunday’s Academy Awards will be a litmus test of whether Hollywood can uncouple itself from the political agenda of…

Two weeks ago in St Moritz I ran into both Nicolas Niarchos and Nikolai von Bismarck, two talented young men…

In Competition No. 3241, you were invited to submit a spring triolet. Banjo Paterson, the bard of the bush, had…

Blacklock is the fourth restaurant of that name – there are others in Soho, Shoreditch and the City of London.…

‘Half! Half! Half!’ exclaimed my husband like a performing sea lion. Not that sea lions perform any more, but you…

Q. My husband has developed an irksome habit whenever he goes abroad without me. We have cameras outside the house…

Suggested by 41, the other unclued lights were worms entered backwards in the grid. To comply with the preamble, 6…

Three summers ago, I was invited to the Swedish city of Eskilstuna, for a brief but exciting match against their…

The window of the new shop was as brightly coloured as a circus entrance, and stuffed full of items bearing…

Rugby Union, bloody hell. We’ve got to talk about Eddie, but before that, what about something much cheerier? Just when…

Unclued lights are nine words taken from a poem whose first three words (as quoted in ODQ) will appear in…

White to play and mate in 2. Composed by Bo Lindgren, Probleemblad 1969. Answers should be emailed to chess@spectator.co.uk by…

The England U26 juniors have been flying high lately. A couple of weeks ago they won the Junior Camrose, and…

Speaking pretty good English, Dr Tayeb came straight to the point. Was I eligible for the ground breaking new cancer…