Crisis – whose crisis?
During the Tory leadership contest this summer, it was frequently said that whoever won would face the most politically difficult…
The Spectator’s Notes
Sir Keir Starmer says the House of Lords is ‘indefensible’. It is an odd thing to say about an institution…
Portrait of the week
Home The RMT union decided to add a couple of rail strikes just before and after Christmas to those planned.…
First-class citizen
In Competition No. 3278, you were invited to supply a well-known writer’s response to the question what makes the perfect…
The march of the local council dictators
I was impressed with the passion Sir Keir Starmer managed to whip up within himself when presenting Gordon Brown’s interminable…
World Senior Championship
English grandmaster John Nunn was the top seed in the over-65 section at the World Senior Championship, held in Italy last…
Cheese fondue
‘This dish is very you,’ my husband says, as I serve up 650g of melted, boozy cheese to the two…
A Ukrainian victory
Mriya lives at the end of Old Brompton Road where South Kensington turns into Earl’s Court and, as if by…
The truth we dare not speak
Though it was sensible for Lady Susan Hussey to resign, I do find the chorus of disapproval that has greeted…
Fare treatment
In early 2020 my family and I were due to fly home from visiting a friend in Oman when the…
When did disagreement become ‘disinformation’?
According to a quote in a recent article by the environment editor of the Times, I’m ‘the most prominent UK…
