Comment on The rainbow election by Andre Stols
We thought we had a true democracy since 1994, but not so as the ANC was not that. a true…
Comment on Trump holds the aces by rabigyin
If the Trumpet gets to the White House, the sale of fallout shelters will go through the roof. The man…
Comment on The honour that truly stinks came from Corbyn by James R
The love doll’s legs should be positioned behind the ears before you enter the ‘chamber of inquisition’,Rod. Upon entry,announce that…
Comment on Long lives the King by Guillermo F. Perez-Argüello
Presley is in a league of his own, as far as being an “afterlifer”. . Even his image, beyond music,…
Comment on When more data makes you more wrong by seangrainger
I used to think Catch-22 Sword of Honour and Tom Jones were top of my must-read list but now it’s…
Comment on The Spectator’s Notes by seangrainger
The problem with Maidstone Grammar School was the lousy education: no one saw fit to mention net present value, the…
Comment on Christopher Biggins and the fall of civilisation by Habsburg exile
The impending ruin of western civilization is naturally depressing. Fortunately neither Celebrity Big Brother nor its arbiters are the final…
Comment on The alt-right isn’t all wrong by Aristonothos
Hail victory! Got something to add? Join the discussion and comment below.
Comment on The alt-right isn’t all wrong by Stuart Gairns
I’ll let you have the last word then… wouldn’t want you going to bed in a strop – you’ll just…
Comment on Straight talking by seangrainger
Mason needs to check the year of origin of “bent as a nine-bob note”. Why pray is he allowed to…
Comment on The alt-right isn’t all wrong by Aristonothos
Have a crumpet and a lie down. You’ll feel better in a bit Got something to add? Join the discussion…
Comment on The alt-right isn’t all wrong by Stuart Gairns
Back? Didn’t you begin your argument from a remedial position? Got something to add? Join the discussion and comment below.
Comment on The alt-right isn’t all wrong by Aristonothos
‘I know you are but what am I?’ Back to primary school, are we? Got something to add? Join the…
Comment on The alt-right isn’t all wrong by Stuart Gairns
Jees – where to start. Point The First: Have you actually asked an animal behavioural psychologist who’s behaviour they would…
There’s a silver lining to the census SNAFU
There’s no question that Census 2016 is an omnishambles of the first order that, as Simon Cowan succinctly sums up…
Comment on The alt-right isn’t all wrong by Stuart Gairns
Integrity intact. That hot shame of embarrassment you’re feeling is entirely your own. Got something to add? Join the discussion…
Cover 13 August 2016
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The first favela
Where are you going?’ demanded the boy on the wall. A walkie-talkie clipped to his denim shorts crackled, but there…
Surreptitious subversion
After the vote to leave the EU it is time to reclaim the good old English names for traditional openings…
no. 421
White to play. This position is from Steinitz–Chigorin, World Championship (Game 4), Havana 1892. How did White finish off? Answers…
Summertime
In Competition No. 2960 you were invited to submit a poem on the theme of summer in which the last…
Dear Mary
Q. I live in Balham but work in Mayfair. Twice recently I have had to take whole days off work…
Character study
Will Lyons, a delightful companion, is not only a friend of mine. He has one of the finest palates in…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
