Australian notes
The pundits keep telling us that this is a dull election. But imagine what it would be like without the…
Rise of the atrocity exhibitionists
Life is speeded up. It used to be that when a hideous atrocity occurred people waited a day or two,…
Wowsers in the West
“WA: The State of Excitement” the slogan on the number plates used to read. So risqué. But that was a…
Former Australian PM John Howard backs Brexit
Speaking at a private Liberal Party fundraiser in Sydney on Wednesday night, Australia’s second longest serving Prime Minister, John Howard,…
Diary
When an old friend X came to dinner in London, I sampled what it must have been like during the…
Naked lunches and hidden bigotry
Have you got your names down yet for the Bunyadi? I’d hurry, if I were you. There’s currently a waiting…
Conductor Antony Walker
He was the most successful and influential composer of the classical period; Josef Haydn (1732-1809) wrote 108 symphonies, 68 string…
The six best reasons to vote Leave
For me, as for so many people, it’s a heart versus head issue. I’m emotionally drawn to Europe. I speak…
Hillary’s other half
Listen http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/268140526-the-spectator-podcast-brexit-strategy-what-would-the.mp3 Women of the world unite! Back Hillary Clinton! Otherwise, prepare to be damned to that special place in…
Five-star fantasy
Tom Cruise is an exceptionally beautiful American man with an invincible smile, but he is a member of a cult…
Ward of the nanny state
If you want to know what someone utterly bereft of shame looks like, look no further than the lefitsh defenders…
So much for education, education, education
‘Your old man’s barking!’ I remember hissing indignantly at my then best friend Toby Young way back in the 1980s…
Win some — lose too many
In this centenary year of the Somme, it is refreshing to read a book about the Great War that is…
Diary
Around the world in 280 hours for work. Jules Verne would have been proud of me. In Britain, I arrived…
Who put the Moral Authority into the AMA?
In a post-religious world of hollowed out identities, the notion of moral authority is more contested than ever. The former…
Super/Robbery etc
So now it’s NIMSA – the Not In My Superannuation Account. The same commentators and dissident conservatives who have been…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, caused mild surprise by cancelling a cabinet meeting and hastily convening a press conference…
Bridge
Many top-class bridge players enjoy flirting with poker, making it their bit on the side. I can certainly see the…
Beach
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Barometer
Boxing brains Muhammad Ali died aged 74, after more than 30 years with Parkinson’s Disease. How many boxers suffer brain…
Australian letters
LGBT etc Sir: I was offended and humiliated by Simon Collins (4 June 2016) omission of my sexuality identification tag.…
Rome vs Brussels
The principle of countries working harmoniously together is wholly admirable. Why, then, has the European Union become such a disaster area?…
War
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The Kitchener effect
From ‘Lord Kitchener’, The Spectator, 9 June 1916: The central fact in Kitchener’s administration of the War Office is that…
Welcome to country
Imagine if the Nova Peris ‘lived experience’ test was widely applied and allowed to determine who could and could not…
