Polluted by podcasts
Just to prove my esteemed colleague wrong I’ve been out there in podcast space looking for a wireless moment that…
Bridge
Many top-class bridge players enjoy flirting with poker, making it their bit on the side. I can certainly see the…
Happy birthday, Barclaycard – even if you turned out to be a ticking time-bomb
‘In years to come we shall be able to claim that we pioneered in this country the general everyday use…
Help! I’ve started to care about politics
Once upon a time, I didn’t really care about politics. Not viscerally. Growing up in a political family, I suppose,…
Brexit: the first 100 days
The Spectator Podcast Christopher Meyer, James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman discuss the first 100 days of Brexit At 5.15 a.m.…
The Spectator’s Notes
One of the most influential and learned figures in the British European debate is Rodney Leach. In the 1990s, he…
Arrested development
Sometimes I wonder whether, of all the literary genres, graphic novels aren’t the most stupidly overrated. I can say this…
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…
Continental drift
That Britain is outperforming its neighbours can be linked to the many times we have fought EU directives
Portrait of the week
Also in Portrait of the Week: Duke of Edinburgh unwell, Austin Reed chain to close, Zika Virus threat to Rio Olympics
Diary
Also in Niall Ferguson’s diary: Around the world in 21 days; Australia’s convex middle class; historians against Brexit
Against armistice
We are not engaged in an 18th-century duel, but in a fight for the survival of civilisation
The Spectator’s Notes
Also in The Spectator’s Notes: Kohl and Mitterrand at Verdun; Jutland 1916; bathrooms; babies’ names; cuckoos
The right question at the wrong time
It was meant to happen after the eurozone had decided how to address its problems, not before
Yay, root out those Jew-haters, Jeremy!
The Labour party is now headed by people who support Muslim terrorist attacks upon Israel and equate Jews with capitalism
Great news for fatties: it’s really not your fault
The thin don’t have better morals or stronger willpower. Genetically, they don’t feel the same temptation
Learning the secrets of happiness from Britain’s most foul-mouthed angler
Mike Daunt is a terrific raconteur and he invited me fishing on the Itchen. And he’s written a great book
Hollande equals Thatcher? Not quite, Monsieur le President, but keep trying
Also in Any Other Business: HSBC’s trouble at the top; a new way to avoid discussing Brexit
Purge of the posh
Should employees be judged by their parents' income? Our Prime Minister appears to think so
If only they could vote…
The fact is that we care more about animal welfare. And if we left the EU, we could act on that
The snowflake factory
If today’s students believe that hearing a dissenting opinion can kill them, it’s because we taught them to think like that
