High life
Now that the weakest Wimbledon since 1973 – the year of the boycott – is over, a few thoughts about…
Low life
My days pass largely in a state of inanition. The fit and able-bodied express their sympathy, claiming it’s much the…
Bridge
The return to pre-Covid normality has been slow and a bit dispiriting. Attendance at the popular English tournaments has been…
The Spectator’s Notes
If you had said, even ten years ago, that there was no chance of a white male cabinet minister becoming…
Is anything off limits in politics?
Scandal is such a wonderful driver of human emotions. Just think of the number of things you get to feel…
Who needs the metaverse?
Big tech might tell us it’s what’s coming next but as yet there’s no real use for it, says James Ball
Why I adore Nick Kyrgios
I’ve always had a thing for bad boys and if ever there was a bad boy of tennis, Nick Kyrgios…
The Tory leadership debate – as it happened
On Friday night the Tory leadership candidates faced-off in the first televised debate of the contest, hosted on Channel 4.…
Freedom: the peak of achievement
As we watch with varying degrees of disgust, impotence, and annoyance at the events in Eastern Europe – where a…
Boris Johnson will be a hard act to follow in Ukraine
‘Every human life has many aspects,’ said the novelist Milan Kundera. ‘The past of each can just as easily arranged…
Mario Draghi is not a normal politician
Is it all over for Mario Draghi’s recovery government? His attempted resignation yesterday – which was rejected by President Sergio…
Watch: Biden puts his foot in it (again)
Oh dear. It seems bumbling ‘Uncle Joe’ has done it again. Fresh from his Holocaust gaffe, President Biden has now…
The anti-drinking lobby’s twisted logic
In 2018, the Lancet published a study from the ‘Global Burden of Disease Alcohol Collaborators’ which claimed that there was…
It’s time to kill the Online Safety Bill for good
The Online Safety Bill has been postponed. It should now be killed off for good. Not only is it bad…
Australian coal back in the Chinese market?
Coal is literally killing the planet. If we keep burning it, digging it up, and selling it, the sky is like totally going to…
What is Elon Musk up to now?
Did Elon Musk ever intend to buy Twitter, or was it all another piece of showboating from a man apparently…
The last cowboys
This Memorial Day I found myself at a grassy spot along La Prele Creek, resting my horse and having lunch…
Why are millennial politicians such sellouts?
In their 2004 chart-topping album American Idiot, Green Day sings that “another protester has crossed the line to find the…
Democrats are stuck with Biden
The New York Times and the Washington Post sent up flares last weekend: one way or another, they said, Joe…
Politicians ignore warnings from detransitioners
‘I do not have my breasts,’ said a former trans teenager, 17. They added the warning, ‘Do not transition.’ Anthony…
Freedom Flyers: the fight against vaccine mandates
Qantas has announced it will be dropping vaccine requirements for international travel starting July 19, (finally) bringing it in line with many…
Incoherence is destroying the Liberals
If you’re reading this, it’s highly likely you’re conservatively inclined. Indeed, skimming The Spectator Australia or spying the Sky After Dark set are…
No more mask mandates, please
New Zealand epidemiologist Michael Baker has just called for the government to reintroduce widespread mask mandates as Covid cases rise in an…
UK: the tide turns in favour of women
Things are looking up for women in the UK. In a landmark tribunal ruling last week, Maya Forstater won her…
