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The Spectator

8 August 2026 AUS

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Life

Aussie Life

Language

The news report said that drugs and a number of weapons including grenades were seized during a police raid on…

Aussie Life

Aussie life

On Dr Anthony Fauci’s watch, the USA became one of the sickest wealthy nations in the world, despite spending twice…

No sacred cows

I could never dislike Rod – even when he threatened to punch me

I remember being in The Spectator’s offices on a Tuesday afternoon not long ago when I noticed a group of…

The Vintage Chef

Grasshopper Pie is like a teenage fever dream

Grasshopper pie is an unlikely dish: bright green, mint-flavoured, combined with obscure liqueurs and set with marshmallows, all sitting in…

Drink

How to drink at airports

Walking through Gatwick airport recently, it was heartening to see so many bleary-eyed travellers enjoying a pre-flight drink in the…

Dear Mary

Dear Mary: did fat jabs ruin my party?

Q. I have inherited a small estate which includes a few houses in my village. I was initially very pleased…

Sport

We’re not morally superior to Fifa

Watching football work itself into a lather of self-righteousness is never a pretty sight. The English FA is now back-pedalling…

Seen elsewhere

Did someone say climate change?

As seen in the Daily Telegraph I am sitting in my living room watching Songs of Praise, when a sudden…

Mind your language

Should you give a toss about ‘toss’?

Modern Toss was invented in 2004 as the label for a series of cartoons by Jon Link and Mick Bunnage.…

The turf

Meet Lambourn’s ‘most terrifying’ trainer

When you drive up the hill past the Ridgeway from Ashbury, the sweeping Berkshire Downs open up in front of…

Dolce vita

Why have the Rolling Stones not been cancelled?

Dante’s Beach, Ravenna I was on my way to buy a bougainvillea from the plant shop with my middle son,…

Competition

Spectator Competition: Cringe benefits

For Competition 3461 you were asked to submit toe-curling analogies.This invitation produced a stream of entries that were glorious in…

Real life

I’m sick of pretending to be Irish

The French socialist must have burst her bladder getting a litre of percolator coffee down her to stop the Dutch…

Best life

I left my heart in Lake Como

Lake Como It doesn’t take long for me to fall in love. A young Adonis with a six-pack bounced on…