Undone by love
On the Whitsun weekend of 1935 an art student called Denton Welch was knocked off his bicycle by a car…
The real reason Ukip are tearing each other apart
If the British establishment really wants to troll Ukip, then I suppose it ought to give Douglas Carswell a knighthood…
Trump’s show of strength to Moscow
Donald Trump has not lost his capacity to surprise: few would have bet on him starting his address to Congress…
The Spectator’s Notes
Chief Constable Simon Bailey, who heads Operation Hydrant, the police investigation of ‘non-recent’ child abuse cases, now says that paedophiles…
The terrible truth
Here’s the bad news. One day you or someone like you will be shopping in a mall or enjoying a…
Let my daughter work
Freud said ‘Love and work… work and love, that’s all there is.’ And ‘Love and work are the cornerstones of…
Flock horror
Pity the poor sheep. Every other animal has its champions. There are fox fanatics, dog obsessives, campaigners for cat welfare.…
Memory games
Poor Paul Nuttall. He seemed to have everything a cheeky by-election victor needed: the outsider vim, the accent, the cap.…
One Nation’s chief recruiter
Most of the media just don’t ‘get’ Tony Abbott. They think he’s critical of Malcolm Turnbull because he wants his…
La la Libs
The commentariat are almost unanimous that Tony Abbott should not have launched our book Making Australia Right: Where to From…
Sound storms
Nothing pleased Iannis Xenakis more than a great big rattling storm. The sound of a thunderclap would have him running…
Sound storms
Nothing pleased Iannis Xenakis more than a great big rattling storm. The sound of a thunderclap would have him running…
Australian notes
‘Malcolm Turnbull is Jewish.’ This was one of the newer Palestinian banners held high at the anti-Israel, anti-Netanyahu rally…
A field guide to our doomed liberal elite
The latest and perhaps most damaging accusation to be levelled at Donald Trump is that he likes his steaks well-done…
Star power
The ongoing war between Donald Trump and the Hollywood A-list has entered a new and unpredictable phase. Celebrity criticism of…
Star power
The ongoing war between Donald Trump and the Hollywood A-list has entered a new and unpredictable phase. Celebrity criticism of…
Let my daughter work
Freud said ‘Love and work… work and love, that’s all there is.’ And ‘Love and work are the cornerstones of…
Flock horror
Pity the poor sheep. Every other animal has its champions. There are fox fanatics, dog obsessives, campaigners for cat welfare.…
Memory games
Poor Paul Nuttall. He seemed to have everything a cheeky by-election victor needed: the outsider vim, the accent, the cap.…
Clinton email tactics hit Queensland
When you have a vested interest to hide and skeletons in the closet, using your own private email account and…
It’s not the just Liberals. It’s the political class
It is certainly convenient and natural for media and political insiders to focus on the personal conflict between Abbott and…
Tony Abbott must return
If the country is to be saved from impending disaster, Tony Abbott, like General MacArthur must return. (This will probably be…
18c: they just don’t get it
The failure by the Coalition-dominated parliamentary review to recommend changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act is another sign…
