Consider this
Beware socialists in white coats Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the…
Bridge
The 15th World Bridge Games (formerly known as the Olympiad) began on 3 September in Wroclaw, and is providing more…
Derailing the bandwagon
Malcolm Turnbull, George Brandis and the Coalition are to be applauded for sticking to their guns on the Same Sex…
Derailing the bandwagon
Malcolm Turnbull, George Brandis and the Coalition are to be applauded for sticking to their guns on the Same Sex…
The new world of work is a jungle but don’t call workers ‘animals’
The TUC general secretaryFrances O’Grady doesn’t get a lot of airtime. Compared with predecessors a generation ago, such as Vic…
In a Birmingham jail, I found the point of Michael Gove
I went to prison last week, in Birmingham. Early start, off on a train from Euston. It was my kids’…
A remarkable testament of hope for Zimbabwe
‘One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed though right were…
Inside David Cameron’s personal Brexit
In the days following David Cameron’s resignation as prime minister, Michael Gove tried to persuade the Cameroons to back Boris…
Victoria’s secret: none of it’s true
Did you know that Queen Victoria might never have married Prince Albert had it not been for an amazing stroke…
London’s lost rivers
I found my first of London’s many lost rivers when I walked across Holborn Viaduct, looked down at the sweep…
From now on, we must all be equally stupid
A lecturer at a reasonably well-respected northern plate-glass university was somewhat perplexed by a student who complained about her poor…
Kevin Andrews and the challenges for Australian conservatism after Hanson
Constructing a viable conservative governing coalition with a coherent plan of action for the problems of today is fundamentally complicated…
The Ides of Malcolm
So here we are, marking the Ides of Malcolm. One year ago today Malcolm Turnbull reached for his dagger and…
WA Labor’s uranium ban sells the state short
According to WA Labor’s Plan for Jobs, ‘a McGowan Labor Government will free business from the burden of poor regulations’.…
Same-sex marriage? A plebiscite? Old hat!
A plebiscite? Yawn. Here’s a far more exciting dispatch from the frontlines of the War on Marriage. Polygamists are on…
So how accurate was the rest of Hinch’s speech?
Forget about Hillary Clinton’s health. What about Derryn Hinch’s? “Reportedly, I am in the record books as being the oldest…
Hacks or proper politicians: a crib sheet for electors
Let me take a moment to clarify the difference between a hack and a politician. I get the sense that…
Shorten’s stereotyping of homosexuality is offensive and demeaning
In the latest example of gross stereotyping and intolerance opposition leader Bill Shorten’s comments that the marriage plebiscite could cause…
Whatever you do, don’t mention the holy war
There appears to be a lot of mental illness about. It must have something to do with all those Coalition…
The chosen yuan: from Baghdad Bill to Beijing Bob
You’ve got to feel for poor old Sam Dastaryi, dragged through the stocks last week for a spot of unusual…
Why the political gender debate is boring (but matters)
You already have my sincere apologies; I recognise that there is no commentary so tiresome these days as that on…
A year of resolute leadership
Michelle Grattan, The Conversation, Friday: A year next Wednesday since the coup that installed Malcolm Turnbull, many Liberals are disappointed…
The Battle for Britain
The post The Battle for Britain appeared first on The Spectator. Got something to add? Join the discussion and comment…
Brackish as old Brylcream
Kenneth Branagh’s obsession with Larry Olivier’s career is becoming such a bizarre act of theatrical necromancy that it deserves to…
Media notes
Last Man Standing An inevitability has struck me about the reconfigured Federal Parliament this week. Despite a plethora of political…
