Privates on parade
In 1927, Georgia O’Keeffe announced that she would like her next exhibition to be ‘so magnificently vulgar that all the…
Tolerate – or else!
During the 2016 election campaign, the Australian Greens declared they were spelling the end of the religious exemptions enshrined in…
My best fiend
Anthony Neilson is an Arts Council favourite known for trivial but impenetrable plays with off-putting names like The Wonderful World…
Cover 16 July 2016 AU
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First thing’s first
Leonore is the first version of Beethoven’s Fidelio, and Stephen Medcalf thinks it’s better. ‘What Leonore gives us is more…
Girls v. ghosts
From the moment this all-female reboot of Ghostbusters was announced, the fan-boy panic set in: where will it end? An…
Slaughter of the…
In response to widespread illegal and unconscionable activity, including the slaughter of tens of thousands of… Thus began NSW…
The prodigy
On Tuesday night on Channel 4, a stern male figure peered over his glasses (as equipped with one of those…
A conservative abroad
Nude at 40,000 feet It was just before Christmas at The Square in Mayfair – the Australia-loving chef Phil Howard’s…
We need to invent something better than Machu Picchu
Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but middle-class rules now require that every dinner party cheeseboard must contain at least two…
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Friendless free trade
In just one day this week The Australian Financial Review published two news stories; Nationals could get two extra spots…
The PM and the common touch
It truly pains me to say this, but Niki Savva was quite right (Ah! Where are those pills?) Niki Savva…
Electric shock
To mark the UK’s decision to exit from the EU, I can think of no better example than the triple match…
No. 417
White to play. This position is from Staunton-Horwitz, London (Game 3) 1846. How did White conclude his attack? Answers to…
Frightfest
In Competition No. 2956 you were invited to provide extracts from the unappealing-sounding programme of a festival that is making…
Dear Mary
Q. My wife and I are enthusiastic dancers so when we heard that people we know through mutual friends were…
From Hegel to Riesling
John Stuart Mill did not describe the Conservatives as the stupid party. He merely said that although not all Tories…
Cameron’s Legacy
Midway through his final cabinet meeting, David Cameron realised — with some horror — that it had turned into a…
High life
The Spectator readers’ party was as always a swell affair, with long-time subscribers politely mingling with ne’er-do-wells like myself, the…
Long life
When you are recovering from a stroke, you spend much of the time asleep. But when you are not sleeping,…
Long life
When you are recovering from a stroke, you spend much of the time asleep. But when you are not sleeping,…
Low life
One moment Trev and I were grooving on the dancefloor, Trev with his head bowed, his eyes closed, and his…
Low life
One moment Trev and I were grooving on the dancefloor, Trev with his head bowed, his eyes closed, and his…
