A night at the circus
The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…
A night at the circus
The Royal Opera’s latest production is Shostakovich’s The Nose and to paraphrase Mark Steyn, whatever else can be said about…
Identity crisis
You may not listen to them every year. Or even to every lecture in the current series. But the survival…
Identity crisis
You may not listen to them every year. Or even to every lecture in the current series. But the survival…
Q&A diary
Spring returned to Sydney for the long weekend, just in time for me to spend three days incarcerated indoors packing…
Bridge
The Gold Cup Finals were played in London this year and proved to be very exciting but ultimately unsuccessful for…
Gunshot wounds
Regardless of who said or emailed what to whom, libertarian Senator David Leyonhjelm’s Adler shotgun blasted a big hole through…
Gunshot wounds
Regardless of who said or emailed what to whom, libertarian Senator David Leyonhjelm’s Adler shotgun blasted a big hole through…
Despite what Big Bang destroyed, there’s still nowhere quite like the City
As the 30th anniversary of Big Bang loomed, I found myself back at the scene of my City demise. Ebbgate…
Free speech and the right not to bake a cake
Let us consider the case of the Ashers family bakery in Belfast which, in 2014, refused to make a cake.…
The absent opposition
Oppositions don’t win elections — governments lose them. This has long been the Westminster wisdom. But the truth is that…
The Spectator’s Notes
World leaders are preoccupied nowadays with what is known as their ‘legacy’. In practice, this means being linked with moral-sounding…
The lying game
‘Adam Curtis believed that 200,000 Guardian readers watching BBC2 could change the world. But this was a fantasy. In fact,…
How Pete Burns helped to create our fatuous modern world
So RIP Pete Burns, transgendered Scouse popstar. His indescribably awful song ‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)’ — clever…
Will you take The Red Pill?
In the The Matrix, the protagonist Neo is offered a choice of taking the red pill which will wake him…
Malcolm’s example inspires military mutiny
Australian military-political intrigue claimed its first victim on January 26, 1808 when the NSW Rum Corps arrested Governor William Bligh.…
Official: the moment The Age died
Check the date on the screengrab below, good people. Look at the time. It is a snapshot of the exact…
Policy consistency: The Conversation last year, the ABC today?
Last year the government withdrew its funding from the pseudo-academic website The Conversation, saying its aggressive expansion appeared to indicate it…
Death and taxes (and even more taxes)
Australia’s state and federal death taxes (aka estate duties or inheritance taxes) were consigned to the graveyard of abolished taxes…
$38,000 cash for each lucky voter plus a chance to shame the Nats
Resurrected Western Australian Nationals leader Brendon Grylls is standing firm. Deluded, but standing firm. He’s demanding that a future government…
Lord Zimmers and the High Tories*
‘Even if we allowed you to vote − which is never going to happen − you serfs would only be…
How the left created Donald Trump
Regardless of who wins the American presidential election, the most interesting and constructive question surrounding this grim circus can already…
Electoral fraud: why no action?
When Donald Trump says the election is rigged he is probably referring to two issues. The first is that the…
The two true deplorables
We live in an age where everyone is told: follow your dreams. Let your passion guide you. But, most of…
Is Islam compatible with Australian values?
As regular as clockwork, a new week brings a new poll showing Australians are questioning whether Islam is compatible with liberal…
