The Spectator’s Notes
Things are currently so bad in the western democracies that we tend to ignore how much worse they are in…
Away with the fairies
One by one, life’s harmless little pleasures are outlawed by an overweening, repressive government. The Online Safety Bill has been…
Grave thoughts
In Competition No. 3277, you were invited to supply a poem to mark the 100th anniversary of the discovery of…
Advent vinousness
Some simpering bishops are urging their clergy to make sure that carol services do not interfere with the ship of…
Eddie Jones must go
So should he stay or should he go? That’s Eddie ‘I don’t really care what other people think’ Jones, currently…
Taking the Mick
Most football fans have had their attention riveted on Qatar for the past couple of weeks, but for those of…
The tune is changing in China
I’ve always loved the Chinese national anthem. I used to think I was the loudest Communist Youth League pioneer as…
