Two spies, an explosion, and the new Czech rift with Russia
‘Putin is a murderer,’ read the signs carried by protestors outside the Russian Embassy in Prague on Sunday. On Saturday…
Why Scotland loves Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon has two houses and they could hardly be more different. Her official residence, Bute House, in the heart…
Why are politicians picking on the football Super League?
The collective gasp of outrage – led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson – at the decision of a few wealthy…
Why Sinn Fein can’t really apologise for the IRA’s atrocities
What are we to make of Sinn Fein’s latest experiment with the language of regret when it comes to the…
EXPOSED: The Chinese Communist Party and Australia’s universities
“In my opinion, it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery”…
What the withdrawal from Afghanistan says about us
When the Secretary General of Nato announced last week that all alliance troops were to be withdrawn from Afghanistan, it…
British pubs have been pushed to the brink
A long time ago, a seasoned old hack gave me some wise words of advice: never to trust anyone who…
You can’t truly love the planet unless you kill like Ghengis Khan
I will be honest, I double-checked the date when I saw an article from the Guardian titled, ‘Why Genghis Khan…
Does Daniel Andrews have new bars on free speech coming?
In 2018 a Scottish comedian was convicted of a hate crime after filming his girlfriend’s pug performing the Nazi salute…
The notorious MTG
As I walk toward Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office, I notice a large flag and sign opposing one another across the…
Need we fear a third wave after lockdown ends?
When Boris Johnson revealed his roadmap out of lockdown at the end of February he promised a ‘one way road…
Spectator Australia TV: The left are miserable and want to make us miserable
The left are miserable and want to make us miserable. Wokeism is the next airborne disease we should all be…
What Yoshihide Suga wants from Joe Biden
Age matters in Japan, so when Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (73) sat down for talks with President Biden (78), deference…
What’s woke this weekend?
We have our finger on the pulse of wokism here at The Spectator Australia and this week we’ll answer some…
The music at the heart of the Duke’s funeral
Every detail of today’s funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is likely to be pored over in the days…
Scottish Greens are Sturgeon’s solar-powered sock puppets
When Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater urges people to vote as if ‘their future depends on it’, she’s not…
A stripped-down tribute to a century of service
It was a stripped-down service, pared back to its essentials by a prince and by a pandemic. Covid-19 shrunk the…
An open letter from Christian leaders concerning vaccine passports
Dear Prime Minister, As Christian leaders across a range of denominations, we continue to pray at this time for your…
The return of Tory sleaze?
‘It’s the return of Tory sleaze’: so said Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. His was an assertion…
How to apply for a post-truth position
Anyone over the age of 35 would be advised to hire a translator before rifling through the jobs section of…
How Boris eclipsed Cameron
Remember the days when David Cameron was the sleek young prime minister who had brought to an end 13 years…
The islanders who met their god – Prince Philip
Some time around 2006 my then flatmate, a filmmaker, had a good idea: why not make a programme of reverse…
Peacock feathers
Spectator readers are a civilised lot, and no doubt their mothers told them “If you don’t have anything nice to…
Scott’s army
‘You stupid boy!’ was the catch phrase of Captain Mainwaring in the BBC hit series Dad’s Army, which delighted audiences…
