Labour’s plan to unite the left
It is easy to criticise the Budget. The process was a chaotic mess. For many on the right, Rachel Reeves’s…
Singapore’s future is in capable hands
I was in Singapore last week, a city that hums with energy. It feels efficient, cosmopolitan and yet personal –…
Portrait of the week: ‘Misleading’ Reeves, trial without jury and Great Yarmouth First
Home What Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, told voters about the economy in a special press conference on…
The great climate climbdown is finally here
Finally, thankfully, the global warming craze is dying out. To paraphrase Monty Python, the climate parrot may still be nailed…
Hands off my prostate
Too much information. That’s what you’re about to get. I wouldn’t read another line if I were you. I will…
The ‘Crewkerne Man’ is reviving political satire for the AI age
You’ve probably seen the videos. Kemi Badenoch delivering her Budget response in the form of a rap to a sobbing…
Letters: How to clear the courts backlog – without scrapping juries
Tried and tested Sir: Your otherwise excellent leading article opposing proposed restrictions on jury trials (‘Judge not’, 29 November) misses…
An apology to Hope Not Hate and Harry Shukman
In August, The Spectator began to investigate allegations that Harry Shukman, a 33-year-old freelance journalist, had used a fake British…
Nostalgia for the 1980s New Romantic scene
Robert Elms recalls the glory days of London’s Blitz Club, where the likes of John Galliano, Boy George and David Bowie danced in outlandish costumes to futuristic electronica
The art of the party trick
I’ve decided I need a party trick. This thought occurred to me at a recent dinner party as I watched…
Juries are defenders of free speech
On Tuesday, David Lammy announced in parliament that a bill would be included in the next King’s Speech restricting the…
Revenge of the invisible woman: Other People’s Fun, by Harriet Lane, reviewed
Things turn nasty when lonely Ruth finds herself taken advantage of once too often by selfish, glamorous Sookie, a faux friend from distant schooldays
How I bonded with Tom Stoppard over the classics
Many years ago, and well retired, I was working in my study when the phone rang and a voice said:…
