Eye-batting nonchalance
What is it about the Egyptians that bewitches us? Ramses and the Gold of the Pharoahs opened at the Australian…
Kiwi life
Given the UK’s Rishi Sunak sacking Suella Braverman for saying what many others would feel – that the police were…
Language
My Australian Word of the Year for 2023 is ‘No’. I made the announcement this week on Peta Credlin’s show…
Why so many teenagers support Palestine
I’m a sixth-former in one of Britain’s largest comprehensives and know no one who supports Israel over Palestine. Some readers…
Can Israel keep the West on side?
Jerusalem On 7 October, Israeli security officials were already questioning how long they would be allowed to fight in Gaza.…
Spectator competition winners: John Milton’s ‘Three Blind Mice’
In Competition No. 3326 you were invited to submit a nursery rhyme recast in the style of a well-known poet.…




